Second condicional
Past perfect
Past simple or past continuous
Second condicional
Past perfect
100

Complete the gaps With the second condicional:

If he .............. ( need) money, he .............. (get) a holiday job.

If he needed money, he would get a holiday job.

100

Complete with the past perfect:

After I .......... (leave) the newsagent's, I realised I .............. (forget) to buy a paper.

After I had left the newsagent's , I realised I had forgotten to buy a paper.

100

Complete with past simple or past continuous:

Jade looked at the weather outside: it was grey, but it ........... (not rain)

Jake looked at the weather outside: it was grey, but it wasn't raining.

100

Complete with the second condicional:

If we ........ (drive) more slowly, we ............. (not use) so much petrol.

If we drove more slowly, we wouldn't use so much petrol.

100

When I clicked buy, the price ........ (incrase).

When I clicked buy, the price had increased.

200

Complete with the second condicional:

If tablet computers ............ ( not cost) so much, I ............. ( ask) my dad to bueno one for me.

If tablet computers didn' t cost so much , I would ask my dad to buy one for me.

200

Complete with the past perfect:

I didn' t know that deli was so expensive. I ........ never ............. (buy) anything there before.

I didn't know that deli was so expensive. I had never bought anything there before.

200

Complete with the past simple or 0ast continous:

You didn't answer when I phoned you this morning. What ......you....... (do)?

You didn't answer when I phoned you this morning. What were you doing?

200

Complete with the second condicional:

If we only ............... (buy) the food we needed, we ............ (not throw) so much food away.

If we only bought the food we needed, we wouldn't throw so much food away.

200

I was cross, when the computer suddenly switched off, because I .......... (not save) my document.

I was cross when the computer suddenly switched off, because I hadn't saved my computer.

300

Complete with the second condicional:

If I ........ ( have) a Credit card, I ........ ( can ) Shop online.

If I had a Credit card, I could Shop online.

300

Complete with the past perfect:

When I got to the shopping center, most of the shops ......... already.................. (close).

When I got to the shopping centre, most of the shops had already closed.

300

Complete with the pat simple or past continuous:

Lucy switched off her computer, ........ (put on) her coat and ............ (leave) the office.

Lucy switched off her computer, put on her coat and left the office.

300

Complete with the second condicional:

If we ............... (borrow) books and DVDs from libraries, we ................. (not have to)  buy them.

If we borrowed books and DVDs from libraries, we wouldn't have to buy them.

300

Complete with the past perfect:

He couldn't move back to London because he ............... (sell) his flat there.

He couldn't move back to London because he had sold his flat there.

400

Complete with the second condicional: 

I .............( be) upset if the Coffee Shop in my Village............ ( close).

I would be upset if the Coffee Shop in my Village closed.

400

Complete with the past perfect:

Tom ............ (take) his bike apart and was trying to fix it.

Tom had taken his bike apart and he was trying to fix it.

400

Complete with the past simple or past continuous:

When I told my friends about the robbery they .................(not believe) me.

When I told my friends about the robbery they didn't believe me.

400

Complete with the second condicional:

If we ............ (drink) water from the tap rather than the bottled water, we ............. (save) a lot of money.

If we drank water from the tap rather than bottled water, we would save a lot of money.

400

Complete with the past perfect:

We didn't have any bread because I ............ (not go) to the baker's.

We didn't have any bread because I hadn't gone to the baker's

500

Complete with the second condicional:

If shops ........... ( not exist), we ................ (buy) everything online.

If Shop didn' t exist, we would buy everything online.

500

Complete with the past perfect:

She took out a letter wich she ............. (keep) in a drawer for years.

She took out a letter which she had kept in a drawer for years.

500

Complete with the past simple or past continuous l:She didn't hear the doorbell because she ..............(have) a shower.

She didn't hear the doorbell because she was having a shower.

500

Complete with the second condicional:

If everyone ........... (wear) an extra jumper or two in the winter, they .......... (can) turn down their heating and save money.

If everyone wore an extra jumper or two in the winter, they could turn down their heating and save money.

500

Complete with past perfect:

My sister wasn't there when I got home because she ............. (go) ti the cinema.

My sister wasn't there when I got home because she had gone to the cinema.