IF CLAUSE TEST 3 (25 QUESTIONS)  

1.I wish our next-door neighbour ---- me the apples from her trees in her garden instead of letting them rot as I ---- cider to drink with them.

A)   gave/was making
B)   has given/will have made
C)   gives/will be making
D)   had given/would have made
E)   would give/have made

2.I wish chocolate ---- so fattening then I ---- a box of chocolates every day.

A)   won't be/am eating
B)    hasn't been/could have eaten
C)   isn't/would be eating
D)   hadn't been/were eating
E)   weren't/would eat

3.I wish that I ---- Hungarian or that the doctors ---- English. I'm worried about my wife's injury, but I can't understand the doctors' explanations.

 

A)   can speak/can know
B)   could speak/knew
C)   would speak/would know
D)   have spoken/have known
E)   were speaking/will know

4.You ----- less nervous if you ---- less tea and coffee throughout the day.

 

A)   will be/will have drunk
B)   would be/drank
C)   can be/could drink
D)   have been/have been drinking
E)   are/will be drinking

5.Peter wishes his van ---- with a ladder rack. Then he ---- the chimney repair job he was offered the other day.

 

A)    has fitted/will have accepted
B)    is being fitted/will be accepting
C)   had fitted/was going to accept
D)   will have been fitted/could accept
E)   were fitted/could have accepted

6.What a shame! They knocked down the old cinema. Had the community raised enough money, it ----

A)   could have been restored
B)   can be restoring
C)   would have restored
D)   will be restored
E)    had been restored

7.You ---- to Tenterden early if you ---- to park on the High Street.

A)   could go/will have wanted
B)   were to go/have wanted
C)   have to go/want
D)   had gone/had been wanting
E)    should go/had wanted

8.He ---- a puncture kit with him whenever he went on a long trip on his motorcycle in case one of his tyres ---- damaged.

A)   had been taking/has got
B)   has taken/is getting
C)   was taking/would get
D)   had taken/gets
E)   would take/got

9.If you ---- a house to a tenant, you ---- that the property is safe.

A)   rented/can ensure
B)   will rent/could have ensured
C)   are renting/have been ensured
D)   rent/must ensure
E)   were rented/are ensuring

10.If the drug dealers ----, heroin addicts ---- drugs in this street now.

A)   hadn't been arrested/would be buying
B)   weren't arrested/will have bought
C)   won't have been arrested/were buying
D)   haven't arrested/are buying
E)   didn't arrest/had been buying

11.I didn't want to ride on the water slide, but my son talked me into it. Now I'm lying in hospital with a sore neck. How I wish I ---- to try it

A)   hadn't been persuading
B)   hadn't been persuaded
C)   wasn't persuaded
D)   wouldn't have persuaded
E)   wouldn't be persuaded

12.If you ---- a good newspaper regularly, you ---- all about the political situation in the world.

A)   had read/know
B)   were reading/had known
C)   read/would know
D)   had been reading/knew
E)   will read/have known

13.If you think your work ---- unfairly you can appeal to head of the department

A)   were being marked
B)   would mark
C)   will have marked
D)   has been marking
E)   has been marked

14.Fifty years ago, people ---- most drinks in returnable bottles, not in disposable ones as is the case today.

A)   have bought
B)   ought to buy
C)   were buying
D)   would buy
E)   have been buying

15.I wish I ---- my bicycle outside, but it is likely to be stolen in this neighbourhood.

A)   could leave
B)   had left
C)   have to leave
D)   would have left
E)   am leaving

16.I love my home town, but I wish the roads from the outskirts to the centre ---- so steep.

A)   weren't
B)    haven't been
C)   won't be
D)   aren't
E)   wouldn't be

17.You are so noisy. I wish you ---- the television and the radio on at the same time.

A)   couldn't have put
B)   won't put
C)   won't be putting
D)   haven't been putting
E)   wouldn't put

18.If golf were as boring as you suggest, then people ---- it for centuries.

A)    haven't been playing
B)   wouldn't have been playing
C)   won't have played
D)   shouldn't be playing
E)    hadn't played

19.I wish Australian teaching qualifications ---- in the UK. Then she could teach in London.

A)   are being recognised
B)   are recognised
C)   have been recognised
D)   were recognised
E)   could have recognised

20.If we were to buy a pet dog, we ---- on holiday without finding someone to look after it.

A)   aren't going to go
B)   hadn't been going
C)   haven't gone
D)   weren't to go
E)   couldn't go

21.If Alexander Graham Bell ---- alive today, I'm sure he ---- amazed at the developments in the means of telecommunications.

A)   were/would be
B)   has been/will be
C)   had been/has been
D)   would be/had been
E)   will be/was

22.The reputation of football in the UK ---- if a new national stadium ---- soon.

A)   must have suffered/didn't build
B)   will suffer/isn't built
C)   has been suffering/weren't built
D)   would suffer/hadn't built
E)   had suffered/couldn't be built

23.I wish I ---- a hay fever tablet this morning. Then my eyes ---- now.

A)   would take/wouldn't have itched
B)   took/wouldn't itch
C)   had taken/wouldn't be itching
D)   were taking/won't itch
E)    have taken/shouldn't have itched

24.If the previous owners ---- up the chimney, we ---- a real fire now.

A)    hadn't blocked/could light
B)   wouldn't block/were lighting
C)   aren't blocking/have lit
D)   weren't blocking/would have lit
E)    didn't block/may be lighting

25.I wish I ---- watching this silly television series because now I have become interested in the outcome and feel that I have to watch it every week.

A)   am not starting
B)   wouldn't start
C)   hadn't started
D)   haven't started
E)   won't have started