Typical Mistakes If-sentences
Make or Do?
Let´s compare
If....
For or Since?
100

If you will buy the book before the end of the month, you will get 20 % discount.

If you buy the book before the end of the month, you will get 20 % discount.

If you buy the book before the end of the month, you get 20 % discount.  

100

Correct this sentence:

We often make trips to the mountains.

We often go on trips to the mountains.

100

Sending this email is more complicated then I expected.

Sending this email is more complicated than I expected.

Sending this email is more complicated than I expected.

100

I _______ you the photos by email if I cannot upload them. 

- would send

- will send

- will have sent

will send

100

I will be working in this office _____ 2 weeks.

- for

- since

for

200

If you played better, you will be able to win the game. 

If you played better, you would be able to win the game. 

200

She _____  mistakes all the time. 

- does

- makes

- do

- make

makes

200

The more time I spend in London, the more I love it.

The more time I spend in London, I love it more.

The more time I spend in London, the more I love it.

200

If you want to pass your exam, you ______ lots of grammar exercises.

- need to do

- will do

- will have

need to do

200

They have known each other _______.

- for 10 years

- since 10 years

for 10 years

300

If children eat too much chocolate, they will get fat.

If children eat too much chocolate, they get fat.

300

Correct this sentence:

They make lots of parties. 

They have lots of parties.

300

There are just as many restaurants in Berlin as there are in London.

There are just as many restaurants in Berlin like there are in London.

There are just as many restaurants in Berlin as there are in London.

300

If she doesn´t set her alarm to wake up at 6, she _______ to work on time. 

- won´t be

- won´t

- wouldn´t

won´t

300

I have been waiting for your call ______ .

- since two days

- for two days

for two days

400

If we would have a bigger car, we could have travelled more.

If we had a bigger car, we could travel more.

400

He ______ a lot of effort to improve her situation. 

- made

- did


made

400

They are both great painters but her paintings are definitely the most cool.

They are both great painters but her paintings are definitely the coolest.

They are both great painters but her paintings are definitely the coolest.

400

We ______ to that Indian restaurant again yesterday if they hadn´t made the food so spicy. 

- would go

- would have gone

- would have been going

would have gone

400

She has been living in this building ________.

- since she got divorced from her husband

- since 3 years

since she got divorced from her husband

500

If the weather wouldn't have been so bad, I could have gone swimming.  

If the weather hadn´t been so bad, I could have gone swimming.  

500

He ______ 180 km per hour when the police stopped him. 

- was making

- did

- was doing

- made

was doing

500

John was _______ colleague in our office.

- the most hard-working

- the hard-workiest

- most hard-work


the most hard-working

500

You could have returned these jeans if you _______

away the receipt. 

- hadn´t thrown

- didn´t throw 

- hadn´t threw

hadn´t thrown

500

They have been missing the class ______ because they haven´t been well. 

- since the last 5 days

- for last week

- since last week

since last week