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IF & WISH CLAUSES - TEST (1)

5. ---- the decoding success of Elizabeth Smith Friedman, an
Verilen sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen American codebreaker in World War II, more than 8,000
sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
soldiers on board ---- their lives because of German spies
who planned to sink the Queen Mary with U-boats.
1. The English language ---- the 1,700 words it has today
if William Shakespeare, who is widely regarded as the A) If it hadn’t been for / would lose
greatest writer in England, ---- them across all of his
written works. B) In case of / could have lost
C) But for / would have lost
A) might not have / did not invent
D) If it weren’t for / might lose
B) could not have / was not inventing
E) Without / could lose
C) would not have / had not invented
D) would not have had / had not invented
E) could not have had / has not invented

2. You ---- an audiobook from someone else’s book for free 6. It is important to maintain a healthy lifestyle and skincare
provided that the work ---- in the public domain, or you will routine to keep your skin looking youthful and radiant, ----
face a lawsuit. you do facial exercises to reverse signs of ageing.
A) can produce / is A) only if
B) could produce / was B) supposing that

C) have to produce / will be C) as though
D) might produce / had been D) provided that
E) must produce / has been E) whether or not

3. North America’s first transcontinental railroad ---- between 7. Human societies ---- agriculture, herding, domestication of
1863 and 1869; if not, it ---- quicker and safer to travel animal and plant species if the Neolithic Revolution, which
across the United States then. marked the transition from nomadic groups of hunter-
gatherers to agricultural settlements in human history, ----.
A) had been constructed / might not have been
A) could not develop / did not occur
B) was constructed / would not have been
B) might not develop / has not occurred
C) was going to be constructed / cannot be
C) will not develop / do not occur
D) has been constructed / will not be
D) could not have developed / had not occurred
E) was being constructed / must not be
E) would not have developed / was not occurring

4. ---- a sudden loss of cabin pressure, the oxygen masks will 8. Almost all parents wish their kids ---- healthy foods, but
automatically drop down in front of the passenger from they should remember that they ---- the first to eat healthily
the compartments above. and set a good example.

A) Only if A) ate / are
B) Without B) had eaten / had been
C) Except for C) eat / will be
D) In case of D) have eaten / have been
E) If it weren’t for E) were eating / were

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