55. Choose the correct item

1. Although ….. a country is risky, the alien who finds work may believe the risk worthwhile.

A. enter B. having entered C. entering

2. “I’ve got a terrible headache.” “You’d better……..an aspirin.”

A. to take B. take C. taking

3. “I wish I had more money.”

“Then it’s about time you…….spending everything you earn.”

A. will stop B. stopped C. stop

4. “I’ve just passed my driving test.” “Congratulations. I wish I …….a car.”

A. will drive B. could drive C. can drive

5. “Is Jill coming to the party tonight?”

“Well, if nobody invited her, she……..to the party.”

A. will come B. won’t come C. is coming

6. “It’s high time you…….a job, Trevor.”

“I know. I’ve got an interview next week, actually.”

A. have got B. will get C. got

7. “I have to get up early tomorrow.” “Then you’d better…….to bed early tonight”

A. be going B. to go C. go

8. “Suppose you……..some money, what would you do with it?” “I’d probably go on holiday.”

A. win B. won C. would win

9. “I’ve got Jim’s book. Can you give it to him, please?” “Well, if I…….him, I’ll give it to him.”

A. will see B. saw C. see

10. “Can I go out tonight, Mum?”

“I’d rather you……..at home and did your homework.”

A. stayed B. stay C. will stay

11. “It’s getting cold.”

“We’d better…….our jackets on.”

A. to put B. putting C. put

12. “Let’s have a party this weekend.”

“I’d rather we……..it this weekend. I’m busy.”

A. didn’t have B. don’t have C. haven’t

13. ‘I’ve lost my keys again, Dad.’

‘If you had put them on the table, you……. them.’

A. wouldn’t have lost B. won’t lose C. didn’t lose

14. ‘Suppose you……lost, what would you do?’

‘I’d go to a police station.’

A. got B. will get C. would get

15. ‘Let’s go to the supermarket tonight.’

‘……..go tonight. I’m very tired.’

A. I’d rather not B. I’d rather I don’t C. I’d rather I didn’t

16. If you are bored, …….something else.

A. you would do B. you will do C. do

17. I……you if I had known you were in hospital.

A. would visit B. would have visited C. will visit

18. Ice…….if the temperature rises above 0°C.

A. will melt B. would melt C. melts

19. If he…….in the garden, he would have heard the doorbell.

A. isn’t B. was C. hadn’t been

20. Peter got…….presents that he couldn’t fit them into the cupboard.

A. such a B. such a lot of C. so much

1. I……to the bank manager if I were you.

A. would talk B. will talk C. talked

2. Had I known about the meeting, I…….it.

A. would have attended B. attended C. will attend

3. If you……well, lie down for a while.

A. hadn’t felt B. don’t feel C. didn’t feel

4. ……I you, I would look for a new job.

A. Would be B. Were C. Had been

5. “If we were rich, we……expensive clothes.”

“Well, unfortunately we aren’t rich!”

A. could afford B. can afford C. afford

6. “Can I have some chocolate, please?”

“If you behave yourself, I…….you some later.”

A. would buy B. might buy C. buy

7. “Can you help me, please?”

“Well, if I wasn’t studying, I……you.”

A. would help B. help C. will help

8. “Don’t cry. Everything will be alright.”

“Yes, but if I……the bus, I wouldn’t have been late for school.”

A. didn’t miss B. hadn’t missed C. don’t miss

9. “…….the teacher comes back now, what will you do?”

“I don’t know”.

A. When B. Providing C. Supposing

10. “…….you wear warm clothes, you won’t get cold.”

“I’ll wear an extra jumper.”

A. Unless B. Providing C. Supposing

11. “…….you’re busy, we’ll talk now.”

“That’s fine. I’m not busy at the moment.”

A. If B. Provided C. Unless

12. “If you…….that plate, you’ll burn your fingers.”

“Why? Has it been in the oven?”

A. would touch B. will touch C. touch

13. “If you watch the news, you…..a lot.”

“I know. I watch it every day.”

A. learn B. were learning C. would learn

14. “Shall I invite John to the party?”

“Well, were I you, I…….him.”

A. would invite B. will invite C. invite

15. “Could I see the menu please?”

“Yes, sir. If you……a seat, I will fetch it for you.”

A. take B. had taken C. have taken

16. “When water boils, it……steam.”

“Yes, I know; and the steam is hot, too.”

A. would produce B. produce C. produces

17. “John crashed his car yesterday.”

“I know, but if he hadn’t been changing the cassette, he……. .”

A. won’t crash B. wouldn’t crash

C. wouldn’t have crashed

18. “Should you see Colin, ……and tell me.” “I will.”

A. come B. to come C. will come

19. ……being shy, Jim gave a speech at the concert.

A. However B. Yet C. Despite

20. Jane works very hard,……Kate is lazy.

A. whereas B. even though C. despite