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IF & WISH CLAUSES - TEST (2)

5. The effectiveness of the speech ---- greatly if the
Verilen sorularda boş bırakılan yerlere uygun düşen presentation ---- by taking the audience’s opinions,
sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz.
motivations, and interests into consideration.
1. According to the research, most of the individuals in the A) used to be improved / had been prepared
United Kingdom ---- their university choices and wish they
---- to a different university that was more prestigious or B) may be improved / was prepared
convenient. C) would be improved / has been prepared
A) regretted / will transfer D) is improved / is being prepared

B) had regretted / transferred E) will be improved / is prepared
C) regret / had transferred
D) were regretting / could transfer
E) have regretted / have transferred

2. ---- choking while eating alone, do the Heimlich manoeuvre 6. People who never turn off their smartphones and interact
on yourself, which is to push your body into a fixed item, with their phones automatically, checking them every five
such as the back of a chair or a table corner, to remove the minutes, seem ---- they have a smartphone addiction.
object.
A) as though
A) But for
B) when
B) Should
C) suppose that
C) In the event of
D) only if
D) As if
E) whether
E) Without

3. A liquid ---- an insulating vapour layer if it ---- into contact 7. By 2030, nearly half of the world’s population ---- severe
with a surface that is hotter than its boiling point, which is water scarcity unless we ---- current levels of water
a phenomenon known as ‘the Leidenfrost effect’. consumption and pollution.
A) might form / will come A) suffer / altered
B) would have formed / had come B) will suffer / alter
C) will form / is coming C) suffer / have been altering
D) forms / comes D) would suffer / had altered
E) could form / came E) will be suffering / are altering

4. If you ---- yourself to cold temperatures regularly, your 8. Without going to Antarctica, one can even witness a
metabolic rate ---- by up to five times its normal rate, which southern royal albatross, which soars in front of the rising
may lead to better metabolic and immune functions as moon, ---- they stay tuned to the website for the news and
well as reduced inflammation. updates about arctic animals.

A) expose / can increase A) unless
B) had exposed / could have increased B) as if
C) have exposed / would have increased C) until
D) exposed / will increase D) if only
E) were exposing / would increase E) as long as

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