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Conditional Sentences Quiz 1

April 7th, 2010 in English Quiz

Fill in the blanks with suitable conditional verb forms.

1. If you ————— to learn a musical instrument, you have to practise.

a) want
b) wanted
c) would want
d) have wanted

If Clauses – Part II

November 29th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

Type 3 conditional (Impossible condition)

Here we use a past perfect tense in the if clause and would have + past participle in the result clause.

If Clauses

November 29th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

A conditional sentence must have at least two clauses: a conditional clause and a result clause. The conditional clause usually states a condition and the result clause states what will happen if the condition is fulfilled.