- Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.
1 If I had a typewriter, I (type) it myself.
2 If I (know) his address, I'd give it to you.
3 He (look) a lot better if he shaved more often.
4 If you (play) for lower stakes, you wouldn't lose so much.
5 If he worked more slowly, he (not make) so many mistakes.
6 I shouldn't drink that wine If I (be) you.
7 More tourists would come to this country if it (have) a better climate.
8 If I were in prison, you (visit) me?
9 If someone (give) you a helicopter, what would you do with it?
10 I (buy) shares in that companyif I had some money.
11 If he (clean) his windscreen, he'd be able to see where he was going.
12 If you drove your car into the river, you (be able) to get out?
13 If you (not belong) to a union, you couldn't get a job.
14 If I (win) a big prize in a lottery, I'd give up my job.
15 What you (do) if you found a burglar in your house?
16 I could tell you what this means if I (know) Greek.
17 If everybody (give) $1, we would have enough.
18 He might get fat if he (stop) smoking.
19 If he knew that it was dangerous, he (not come).
20 If you (see) someone drowning, what would you do?
21 I (be) ruined if I bought her everything she asked for.
22 If you slept under a mosquito net, you (not be) bitten so often.
23 I could get a job easily if I (have) a degree.
24 If she (do) her hair differently, she might look quite nice.
25 If we had more rain, our crops (grow) faster.
26 The whole machine would fall to pieces if you (remove) that screw.
27 I (keep) the horse if I were you.
28 I'd go and see him more often if he (live) more often.
29 If they (ban) the sale of alcohol at football matches, there might be less violence.
30 I (offer) to help, If I thought I'd be any use.
31 What would you do if the lift (get) stuck between two floors?
32 If you (paint) the walls white, the room would be much brighter.
33 If you (change) your job, would it affect your pension?
34 If you knew you had only six weeks to live, how you (spend) those six weeks?
35 You wouldn't have so much trouble with your car if you (have) it serviced regularly.
36 I'd climb over the wall if there (not be) so much broken glass on top of it.
Source: These activities have been taken from Thomson and Martinet's "A Practical English Grammar. Exercises 1" (3rd edition).
