Exercise
1. Daniel said that if
he had to do homework last night, he wouldn’t have been
A B C
able to
attend the concert.
D
è Because tonight hasn’t happened yet.
Meanwhile this conditional sentence talk about things in the past.
2.
Peter had already seen that musical before he read the reviews about it.
A B
C D
à Because ‘had’ must followed
by past participle
3.
Almost all books have a
few errors in them in spite of
the care taker to check
A B C
its froof pages before the final printing.
D
è Because ‘in spite
of’ must followed by noun.
4.
Tom and his sister studied biology in
this university last year, and so did
A B C D
Jean.
è
Because it happened in the past, so we use ‘did’ instead of
‘does’
5.
The examination will test your ability to understand spoken
English, to
A B
read non-technical
language, and written correctly.
C D
è Because the sentence
must be paralel.
6.
The sooner you leave, the earlier you will arrive at your destination.
A
B C D
è Because the sentence
must be paralel.
7.
If Rudy had studied German in college, he wouldn’t have
found the
A B
scientific terminology so
difficult to understand.
C D
è Before the past
conditional or (would have) we must use past perfect tense.
8.
After she had bought
herself a new automobile,
she sold
her bicycle.
A
B C D
à Because ‘had
bought’ must followed by past participle. So, we use ‘sold’ instead of ‘sell’
9.
He isn’t driving
to the convention in March, and neither they are.
A B C D
à Because ‘in March’
is not necessary and makes the sentence ambiguous.
10. John went to the
mountains on his vacation, and
we did too. A B C D
è Because ‘did’
represents ‘went’.
