COMPLETE ADVANCED UNIT 11: Conditionals; Wish & If Only | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

CORRECT THE MISTAKE: If the petrol engine hadn’t been invented, there will still be plenty of oil left.

If the petrol engine hadn’t been invented, there would still be plenty of oil left.

CORRECT THE MISTAKE: If we don’t reduce our dependence on fossil fuels in the near future, global warming would have become a more serious problem.

If we don’t reduce our dependence on fossil fuels in the near future, global warming will become a more serious problem.

CORRECT THE MISTAKE: If we felt energetic in the morning, we usually go surfing.

If we feel energetic in the morning, we usually go surfing.

CORRECT THE MISTAKE: I’d tell you if I see anything peculiar.

I’d tell you if I saw anything peculiar.

CORRECT THE MISTAKE: If you haven’t taken these photographs, I wouldn’t have remembered our time at Disneyland Paris.

If you hadn’t taken these photographs, I wouldn’t have remembered our time at Disneyland Paris.

If only my dad ______ criticising me. (stop)

would stop

I wish I ______ in a flat. It would be lovely to have a garden. (live)

didn’t live

I wish we ______ the flight earlier. The prices have gone up. (book)

had booked

If only I ______ Italian. I’d know what they were saying about me. (speak)

spoke

I wish the weather ______. (improve)

would improve

If only I ______ so much on Christmas presents. I’m broke now! (spend)

hadn’t spent

I wish I ______ what the time was. (know)

knew

I wish I ______ so much chocolate. I feel sick.(eat)

hadn’t eaten

If only I ______ enough money to go on holiday this year. (have)

had

Why didn’t you deal with the issue at the time? Now, you’ll have to tell your parents. I wish you ______ with the issue at the time.

had dealt

I’m not tall enough, I’m afraid. I can’t reach the balloon. If only I ______ I’d be able to reach the balloon.

was/were taller

I always forget to take an umbrella with me when I go out, and I’m often caught in the rain. I wish I ______ to take an umbrella with me when I go out.

wouldn’t forget (/ would remember)

You shouldn’t have left without telling me. I was looking for you everywhere. I wish you ______ without telling me.

hadn’t left

The party at the pub had to end early because there was a power cut. If only there ______a power cut.

hadn’t been

Why didn’t you tell me about what happened with Jo? I wish ______me about what happened with Jo.

you had told

Oh dear! Sarah didn’t catch the right train. She’ll be late now. If only Sarah ______the right train!

had caught

I’m not happy that I have to start work at 6 am tomorrow. I wish I ______ to start work at 6 am tomorrow.

didn’t have to

My colleague Samuel ______(greet) you at the front desk if you arrive before 9 am.

will greet

If Liz had used GPS instead of relying on an out-of-date map, she ______ (sit) here with us now.

would (/’d) be sitting

I ______ (write) a very bad I review of your hotel if you don’t give me a discount for the poor condition of the room.

will (/’ll) write

If Ned ______ (not experience) living and working abroad, I’m sure he wouldn’t have developed such a strong sense of independence.

hadn’t experienced

Where ______ (go) in 2020 if the government had not banned international travel?

would you have gone

It ______ (please) your grandparents enormously if you visited them a little more often.

would please

I’m sure I ______ (stay) in Barcelona if I had found a good job there.

would (/’d) have stayed

If Helen hadn’t gone to Florence yesterday, she______ (be) at my birthday party now.

would (/’d) be