Are these sentences correct? If you think they are, choose "TRUE".

If not, choose
"FALSE".

1. He was working in Vienna when he met his wife.

True
False

2. I know Simon for twenty three years.

True
False

3. Where have you been yesterday? I couldn't find you.

True
False

4. I have been to England four years ago.

True
False

5. I have lost my keys again.

True
False

6. When Tom got home, Jane cooked dinner.

True
False

7. When Tom got home, Jane had cooked dinner.

True
False
8. I read a book and then I was going to sleep.
True
False

9. When I arrived at the station, the train had already left.

True
False

10. The train was leaving when I was arriving at the station and I was very
angry.
True
False

11. Shakespeare has written over twenty plays.

True
False

12. My mother visited Paris first and then she visited Madrid.
True
False

13. My daughter has been cutting her hand today. We had to take her to the
hospital.
True
False

14. I've been reading an interesting book about Polish mushrooms recently.
True
False
15. I watched TV when suddenly the telephone was ringing.
True
False

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. I have known...

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. where were you...

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. I went to England...

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. then I went to sleep.

Question 9 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 10 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. when I arrived...

Question 11 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. Shakespeare wrote...

Question 12 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 13 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. daughter cut her hand...

Question 14 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 15 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. the telephone rang...

Error Correction: Conditionals.
1. If he didn't know what to do, he would have asked us.
True
False

2. Unless she comes soon, we'll be late for the first performance.
True
False

3. Tell him to go to his room if he arrives late.

True
False

4. I'd love to be able to swim if I'm not afraid of the water.

True
False

5. Go quickly if you want to buy that last pair of shoes.

True
False

6. I'll tell him the news if I'll see him.

True
False

7. If you ring the emergency services, help arrives quickly.

True
False
8. If you go to Dallas in August, you get hot weather.
True
False

9. If she hadn't gone to university in Paris, she wouldn't be able to speak

French so well.
True
False

10. If she will go to university next year, we will have the house to
ourselves.
True
False

11. If I hadn't gone to that interview, I wouldn't have got the job.
True
False

12. I'll do the cooking if you buy everything we need.

True
False

13. If Andorra were a bigger country, it won't be so famous.

True
False

14. He'll call you if he will find a phone. Don't worry.

True
False
Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. if he hadn't known...

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. ...if I wasn't/weren't afraid...

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. ...if I see him.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 9 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 10 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. If she goes...

Question 11 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 12 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: True.

Question 13 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. it wouldn't be...

Question 14 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: False. if he finds a phone.

Third Conditional - Marge's Day of Hell!!!
Read the text about poor old Marge and then complete the third conditional
sentences about her day using the prompts provided.

Only use contractions for negatives, e.g. wouldn't / didn't, etc.

Marge is a woman of 55 who lives on her own in a small house in

Scotland. She did not have a very nice day yesterday!

As she was leaving the house, she forgot her bus ticket. Only when
she got to the bus stop did she realise this, so she had to hurry back
to the house. She opened the door, put the keys on the telephone
table, went into the kitchen to get her bus ticket and left again without
her keys.

She caught the 8.42 a.m bus instead of her usual 8.30 a.m bus and
arrived at work about ten minutes late. Mr. Jones, her boss, was in a
bad mood yesterday and shouted at her when she arrived late. As a
result, they had an argument in front of all the other people in the
office. Mr. Jones told her she would have to stay behind for fifteen
minutes at lunch to finish some important work.

At lunch, Marge only had time for a quick sandwich and didn't go to
the office cafeteria with the others as normal. Everyone returned from
lunch very happy because they had met a new employee who had told
some very funny jokes. Marge was not happy. She was hungry and
tired.
She was so hungry as she left the office at 5 o'clock that she bought a
hot dog from the man on the street corner. Within an hour, she didn't
feel very well and had a pain in her stomach. It was not her day!

She arrived home and realised she didn't have her keys, so had to
walk two miles to her sister's house to get a spare set of keys. She
went into her house, closed the door and went straight to bed.

1. if \ not \ forget \ bus ticket \ not \ have to \ return home

, she wouldn't have had to return home.

2. if \ not \ put \ keys on table \ not \ forget them

If she hadn't put her keys on the table, .

3. she \ not late \ if \ catch \ an earlier bus

if she had caught an earlier bus.

4. her boss \ not \ shout at her \ if \ not \ be \ bad mood

Her boss wouldn't have shouted at her .

5. if \ Marge \ not late \ they \ not argue \ in office

If Marge hadn't been late, .

6. Marge \ meet \ new worker \ if \ go \ to canteen

if she had gone to the canteen.

7. if \ not buy \ hot dog \ not \ feel unwell

If she hadn't bought the hot dog, .

8. she \ have \ better day \ if \ stay \ in bed all day!!!

She would have had a better day !!!

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: If she hadn't forgotten her bus ticket

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: she wouldn't have forgotten them.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: She wouldn't have been late.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if he hadn't been in a bad mood.

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: they wouldn't have argued in the office.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: Marge would have met the new worker.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: she wouldn't have felt unwell.

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if she had stayed in bed all day.
Look at each situation and decide if it describes a past or a present situation. Then
write a sentence using "wish".

1. I am not very tall.

taller.

2. I didn't learn English when I was younger.

when I was younger.

3. I can't speak perfect English.

perfect English.

4. My hair isn't blonde.

hair.

5. My tennis serve is useless.

.

6. I didn't sleep very well last night.

well last night.

7. I got really badly sunburnt on the beach yesterday because I forgot my

sun-cream.
my sun-cream yesterday.

8. My nose is too big.

.

9. I'm not the best student in the class.

student in my class.

10. I didn't go out with my friends to the disco-bar last night.

with my friends to the disco-bar last night.
11. My neighborhood is terribly noisy at night.
at night.

12. I have to get up early every day.

.

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish I was.

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish I had learned English.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish I could speak.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish I had blonde

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish my tennis serve wasn't useless.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish I had slept.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish I hadn't forgotten.

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish my nose wasn't so big.

Question 9 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish I was the best.

Question 10 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish I had gone out.

Question 11 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish my neighborhood wasn't terribly

noisy.

Question 12 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wish I didn't have to get up early
every day.
Third Conditional Exercise
For each question, read the situation and choose the best sentence using the third
conditional.

1. I wasn't thirsty. I didn't drink the lemonade.

If I was thirsty, I would drink the lemonade
If I had been thirsty, I would've drunk the lemonade
If I would have been thirsty, I drank the lemonade

2. I didn't know Kirsty was in town. I didn't call her.

If I had known Kirsty was in town, I would have called her
I had called Kirsty if I had know she was in town
I would had called Kirsty if I have known she was in town

3. I didn't know watching this documentary was important for our exam. I
didn't watch it.
If I knew this documentary was important, I had watched it
If I would have known this documentary was important, I had watched
it
If I had known this documentary was important, I would've watched it

4. I walked home from the disco. My friend was too drunk to drive.
I hadn't walked home from the disco if my friend wasn't too drunk to
drive
I wouldn't have walked home from the disco if my friend hadn't been
too drunk to drive
I wouldn't had walked home from the disco if my friend hadn't been
too drunk to drive
5. I didn't go to the store. I thought it closed at 5pm. It closed at 6pm.
If I had known the store had closed at 6pm, I would've gone
If I knew the store would have closed at 6pm, I would've gone
I would've gone to the store if I know it had closed at 6pm

6. I ate the yoghurt in the fridge. I thought it was mine, not yours.
If I would have known the yoghurt was yours, I wouldn't have eaten it
If I had known the yoghurt was yours, I wouldn't have eaten it
I hadn't eaten the yoghurt if I knew it was yours

7. I am really hungry now. I didn't have any breakfast.

If I had some breakfast, I wouldn't be hungry now.
If I would had had some breakfast, I wouldn't be hungry now.
If I had had some breakfast, I wouldn't be hungry now

8. I didn't see Tony at the party. I wanted to speak to him about his
vacation in France.
If I saw Tom at the party, I would've spoken to him
If I had seen Tom at the party, I would've spoken to him
If I would have seen Tom at the party, I would've spoken to him

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: If I had been thirsty, I would've drunk
the lemonade.

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: If I had known Kirsty was in town, I
would have called her.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: If I had known this documentary was
important, I would've watched it.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: I wouldn't have walked home from the
disco if my friend hadn't been too drunk to drive.

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: If I had known the store had closed at
6pm, I would've gone.
Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: If I had known the yoghurt was yours, I
wouldn't have eaten it.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: If I had had some breakfast, I wouldn't
be hungry now.

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: If I had seen Tom at the party, I
would've spoken to him.
Third Conditional Re-Ordering Quiz
Put these words into the correct order to make third conditional sentences. The first word in each
question is "if". Don't forget to include all punctuation!

1. 7.30 / for / I / . / would / I / work / bus, / have / hadn't / the / if / caught

/ late / been

2. known / be / you / if / so / angry, / you'd / I / have / wouldn't / told / . /

I'd

3. built / the / wouldn't / it / better, / have / building / been / if / had / . /

collapsed

4. have / they / would / my / if / . / you, / happy / met / sisters / been /

had

5. . / the / had / rained / have / it / for / river / hour, / if / would / flooded /

another

6. have / money / the / . / you / given / I'd / if / earlier, / you / I / seen /

would

7. have / in / to / if / would / I'd / live / I / . / to / speak / able / gone /

Paris / been / French,
8. we / we / if / bed / extra / prepared / have / could / you / had / were /
known / the / . / coming,

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if I hadn't caught the 7.30 bus, I would
have been late for work.

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if I'd known you'd be so angry, I

wouldn't have told you.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if the building had been built better, it
wouldn't have collapsed.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if my sisters had met you, they would
have been happy.

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if it had rained for another hour, the
river would have flooded.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if I'd seen you earlier, I would have
given you the money.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if I'd been able to speak French, I would
have gone to live in Paris.

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: if we had known you were coming, we
could have prepared the extra bed.