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Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
A: Don't you have enough time to learn English?
B: No, I don't. I wish I __________ enough time to learn English.

  1. Did have

  2. Had had

  3. Do have

  4. Will have
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The speaker is talking about a current lack of time. To express a wish for a present state to be different, we use the simple past tense. 'Did have' is the emphatic past form, but 'had' is more common; however, 'did have' is grammatically acceptable here to emphasize the lack.

Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
A: Sandy had an accident because she wasn't careful.
B: If only she ________________.

  1. Had been careful

  2. Were careful

  3. Would be careful

  4. Would have been careful
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The accident happened in the past because she was not careful. To express regret about a past state, we use the past perfect tense.

Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
A: I must go home now. 
B: I wish you ______________ home now.

  1. Don't have to go

  2. Mustn't have gone

  3. Didn't have to go

  4. Needn't have gone
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The speaker is expressing a wish for a present situation to change. 'Didn't have to' is the correct past form to express that the necessity does not exist.

Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
It is a pity you drink too much.
If only you __________ so much.

  1. Don't drink

  2. Won't drink

  3. Didn't drink

  4. Hadn't drunk
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The speaker is expressing a wish about a current habit. We use the simple past tense to express a desire for a present habit to change.

Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
The bus always stops at every bus-stop. I wish it _____________ at every bus-stop.

  1. Didn't stop

  2. Would stop

  3. Hadn't stopped

  4. Won't stop
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The speaker is expressing a wish for a current, annoying habit to stop. The simple past 'didn't stop' is used to express this desire for a change in a present situation.

Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
A: We have to cancel the match because it is raining.
B: If only it _______________.

  1. Won't be raining

  2. Isn't raining

  3. Didn't rain

  4. Weren't raining
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The speaker is wishing for the current weather to be different. For the verb 'to be' in present wishes, we use 'were' (or 'weren't' for negative) for all subjects.

Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
A: Robert is unhappy because he can't find his passport.
B: If only he __________________.

  1. Could have found it

  2. Had been able to find

  3. Could find it

  4. Had found it
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The speaker is wishing for a present ability. We use the simple past 'could' to express a desire for a present ability.

Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Complete the sentence with the most suitable option:
A: Mary is sorry that she bought such an expensive dress.
B: If only she ________________ such an expensive dress.

  1. Didn't but

  2. Wouldn't have bought

  3. Hadn't bought

  4. Could have bought
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The purchase happened in the past. To express regret about a past action, we use the past perfect tense.

Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Identify the conditional phrase in the following sentence from the options given below:
If the police had arrived a bit early, the thief would have easily been caught.

  1. Future Result

  2. Imaginative Counterfactual

  3. Factual Conditions

  4. Imaginative Hypothetical
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Since the situation posited is imaginative and expresses a speculative condition, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not present an unlikely condition, hence incorrect. 

Multiple choice english basic concepts in geometry conditional statements and converse euclid's postulates introduction to euclid's geometry

Identify the conditional phrase in the following sentence from the options given below:
If you give the details by today evening, the payment would be credited tomorrow.

  1. Imaginative Counterfactual

  2. Factual Timeless

  3. Future Result

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Since the situation posited and its consequences are to happen in future, Option C is correct. The rest of the options do not present a futurist condition, hence incorrect.