1. Conditional

2. If you ______ (be born) in ancient Egypt, what would you have been? had been born

3. I _____ (eat neg.) that dish if I had known what it was. wouldn't have eaten

4. If Columbus _____ (find neg.) gold in Hispaniola on his first voyage, Spain would not have financed a second one. hadn't found

5. If anyone had told me how hard this was going to be, I _______ (attempt) it. wouldn't have attempted

6. If you _____ (own) your own business, would you be more conservative? owned

7. "If I _____ (have) the wings of a swallow, I would travel far over the sea." had

8. I think we ________ (make) more progress if we looked at this problem from a different point of view. would make

9. If you had broadband, it _____ (take neg.) more than a few seconds to download that program. wouldn't take

10. The actor said he ______ (accept neg.) the Oscar if he won it. wouldn't accept

11. If you saw someone painting graffiti on a wall, ________ (you / call) the police on your cell phone? would you call

12. If there were a power failure, the computer _____ (run) for about ten minutes with an uninterruptible power supply. would run

13. Not many scientists believe that computer modeling _____ (completely / eliminate) the need for animal testing. would completely eliminate

14. If the retailer _____ (sell neg.) enough of our product, he will stop buying from us. doesn't sell

15. If that company fails, thousands of workers _____ (lose) their jobs. will lose

16. If the defendant is convicted, he _____ (appeal / certainly). will certainly appeal

17. If I ______ (move) to the suburbs, I will spend an hour commuting each way. move

18. The price of that company's stock will surely fall if its CEO _____ (go) to prison. goes

19. "If you use drugs, you _____ (be) sorry sooner or later," said Dr. Miller. will be

20. If I get bored at the meeting, I _____ (leave / probably) early. will probably leave

21. Government spending _____ (reduce) significantly if the president signs the bill. will be reduced

22. If I go to France this summer, I _____ (visit / undoubtedly) Chartres Cathedral. will undoubtedly visit

23. Pollution can be reduced significantly ________ we convince people to switch to more efficient cars. provided

24. You can lose weight _____ you exercise thirty minutes a day. provided

25. The economic situation will get worse _____ the government reduces its debt. unless

26. _____ you study harder, you will fail this course. Unless

27. I won't go to New York _____ I have $5,000. unless

28. I will buy a new house _____ I get a promotion. provided

29. If you _____ (take neg.) care of yourself, who will? don’t take

30. The walking tour will go on as scheduled, even if it _____ (rain). rains

31. If I win the lottery, I _____ (ask) for a lump-sum payment. will ask

32. If that candidate _____ (elect), there will probably be demonstrations. is elected

33. If products ___ (manufacture) at multiple sites more factory audits will be required. are manufactured

34. Our law professor believes that the decision ________ (reverse) if the case were appealed. would be reversed

35. The developers claimed that no new apartments ______ (build) if rent control were instituted. would be built

36. If this part _____ (remove), would the machine still work? were removed

37. If water _____ (find) on another planet, would its formula necessarily be H 2 O? were found

38. If drugs _____ (legalize), would drug consumption increase? were legalized

39. If the dollar _____ (devalue), imported goods would become more expensive. were devalued

40. Brad wishes he _____ (have) a new computer so he could play the new video games. had

41. I wish I knew what she _____ (want). wanted

42. I wish you ___ (smoke neg.); it's really bad for you. didn’t smoke

43. Do you ever wish that you _____ (can / fly)? could fly

44. Sometimes I wish I _____ (be) someone else. were

45. My friend wishes he _____ (become) a surgeon. had become

46. Heather wishes she _____ (take) her education more seriously. had taken

47. I wish I _____ (look over) the instructions before using the new copier. had looked over

48. I wish I _____ (see neg.) that movie. I was depressed for days. hadn't seen