Regrets, Preferences and Alternatives
Practice set 6 · Mixed questions
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If you heat ice, it ___. (general fact)
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: melts
If you heat ice, it melts. (general fact) Zero conditionals describe general relationships using present forms in both clauses. First conditionals describe real future possibilities, normally with present in the if-clause and will/modal in the main clause. Future time clauses follow the same present-tense principle.
If she calls tomorrow, I ___ tell her.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: will
If she calls tomorrow, I will tell her. Zero conditionals describe general relationships using present forms in both clauses. First conditionals describe real future possibilities, normally with present in the if-clause and will/modal in the main clause. Future time clauses follow the same present-tense principle.
Choose the word or expression: A pipe opening that water cannot pass through.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: blocked drain
blocked drain: A pipe opening that water cannot pass through. Example: A blocked drain caused water to collect in the sink.
I'll send it when I have ___ it.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: checked
I'll send it when I have checked it. A present simple future time clause states when an event happens. A present perfect clause emphasises completion before the next action: when I have finished. Do not use will merely because the clause refers to the future; the main clause may contain will.
When she ___, we'll start.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: arrives
When she arrives, we'll start. A present simple future time clause states when an event happens. A present perfect clause emphasises completion before the next action: when I have finished. Do not use will merely because the clause refers to the future; the main clause may contain will.
Choose the word or expression: A tyre that has lost its air.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: flat tyre
flat tyre: A tyre that has lost its air. Example: We stopped to change a flat tyre beside the road.
If I knew the answer now, I ___ tell you.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: would
If I knew the answer now, I would tell you. Second conditionals imagine present/future alternatives using if + past, would + base. Third conditionals imagine a different past using if + past perfect, would have + participle. Identify whether the imagined condition and result belong to now or the past.
If I had known yesterday, I ___ have told you.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: would
If I had known yesterday, I would have told you. Second conditionals imagine present/future alternatives using if + past, would + base. Third conditionals imagine a different past using if + past perfect, would have + participle. Identify whether the imagined condition and result belong to now or the past.
Choose the word or expression: A temporary loss of the electricity supply.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: power cut
power cut: A temporary loss of the electricity supply. Example: The lights went out during the power cut.
I wish I ___ taller.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: were
I wish I were taller. Wish/if only + past form expresses dissatisfaction with the present; + past perfect expresses regret about the past. Wish + would can complain about behaviour or express a desired change. Wish is not normally used with will for an ordinary future hope.
If only I had ___ the truth yesterday.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: known
If only I had known the truth yesterday. Wish/if only + past form expresses dissatisfaction with the present; + past perfect expresses regret about the past. Wish + would can complain about behaviour or express a desired change. Wish is not normally used with will for an ordinary future hope.
Choose the word or expression: A situation in which there is not enough of something.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: shortage
shortage: A situation in which there is not enough of something. Example: The town faced a water shortage after months without rain.
I'd rather ___ by train.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: travel
I'd rather travel by train. Would rather takes a bare infinitive; would prefer takes to-infinitive or a noun. Prefer doing to doing compares activities; would rather do than do compares choices. A different subject after would rather uses a past form for present/future preference.
She'd prefer ___ at home.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: to stay
She'd prefer to stay at home. Would rather takes a bare infinitive; would prefer takes to-infinitive or a noun. Prefer doing to doing compares activities; would rather do than do compares choices. A different subject after would rather uses a past form for present/future preference.
Choose the word or expression: Not functioning correctly, of a machine.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: out of order
out of order: Not functioning correctly, of a machine. Example: The lift is out of order, so please use the stairs.
If you heat ice, it ___. (general fact)
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: melts
If you heat ice, it melts. (general fact) Zero conditionals describe general relationships using present forms in both clauses. First conditionals describe real future possibilities, normally with present in the if-clause and will/modal in the main clause. Future time clauses follow the same present-tense principle.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: will
If she calls tomorrow, I will tell her. Zero conditionals describe general relationships using present forms in both clauses. First conditionals describe real future possibilities, normally with present in the if-clause and will/modal in the main clause. Future time clauses follow the same present-tense principle.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: blocked drain
blocked drain: A pipe opening that water cannot pass through. Example: A blocked drain caused water to collect in the sink.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: checked
I'll send it when I have checked it. A present simple future time clause states when an event happens. A present perfect clause emphasises completion before the next action: when I have finished. Do not use will merely because the clause refers to the future; the main clause may contain will.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: arrives
When she arrives, we'll start. A present simple future time clause states when an event happens. A present perfect clause emphasises completion before the next action: when I have finished. Do not use will merely because the clause refers to the future; the main clause may contain will.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: flat tyre
flat tyre: A tyre that has lost its air. Example: We stopped to change a flat tyre beside the road.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: would
If I knew the answer now, I would tell you. Second conditionals imagine present/future alternatives using if + past, would + base. Third conditionals imagine a different past using if + past perfect, would have + participle. Identify whether the imagined condition and result belong to now or the past.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: would
If I had known yesterday, I would have told you. Second conditionals imagine present/future alternatives using if + past, would + base. Third conditionals imagine a different past using if + past perfect, would have + participle. Identify whether the imagined condition and result belong to now or the past.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: power cut
power cut: A temporary loss of the electricity supply. Example: The lights went out during the power cut.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: were
I wish I were taller. Wish/if only + past form expresses dissatisfaction with the present; + past perfect expresses regret about the past. Wish + would can complain about behaviour or express a desired change. Wish is not normally used with will for an ordinary future hope.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: known
If only I had known the truth yesterday. Wish/if only + past form expresses dissatisfaction with the present; + past perfect expresses regret about the past. Wish + would can complain about behaviour or express a desired change. Wish is not normally used with will for an ordinary future hope.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: shortage
shortage: A situation in which there is not enough of something. Example: The town faced a water shortage after months without rain.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: travel
I'd rather travel by train. Would rather takes a bare infinitive; would prefer takes to-infinitive or a noun. Prefer doing to doing compares activities; would rather do than do compares choices. A different subject after would rather uses a past form for present/future preference.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: to stay
She'd prefer to stay at home. Would rather takes a bare infinitive; would prefer takes to-infinitive or a noun. Prefer doing to doing compares activities; would rather do than do compares choices. A different subject after would rather uses a past form for present/future preference.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: out of order
out of order: Not functioning correctly, of a machine. Example: The lift is out of order, so please use the stairs.
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