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Conditional Tenses - Exercise 4

Directions: In the blank below each sentence, write the correct form of the verb in parenthesis. You may add auxiliary verbs. When you are finished, click the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the page to check your answers.

1. My friend Bob would fly away if he (be) a bird.



2. If you (see) a red light, stop your car.



3. If he (shoot) the bear, he would not have been wounded.



4. Gerald (give) me a dollar if he had one.



5. If we were friends, we (talk) more often.



6. I (make) potato salad tomorrow if I have all of the ingredients.



7. If you had been nicer to the cat, she (purr).



8. Marjorie would turn on the lights if she (come) home later.



9. If I were you, I (go) home right away.



10. If you give the dog a bone, he usually (eat) it right away.



             

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