150+ GOLDEN RULES
IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR
EPISODE-3
FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS
EVEREST COACHING POINT for SSC CGL / CHSL, HYD:- 90 300 301 85/86, 99 855 125 45
RULE No:7,8 &9 CONDITIONAL TENSES
A tense which is based on a condition is called a conditional tense. It has
two parts
1.If clause 2. Main clause
Ex: If you prepare well, you will get a good job.
If clause Main clause
There are three types of conditional tenses in English.
1. Possible conditional.
2. Improbable / Imaginary conditional.
3. Unfulfilled conditional.
EVEREST COACHING POINT for SSC CGL / CHSL, HYD:- 90 300 301 85/86, 99 855 125 45
1. Possible Conditional: If you give me 20 lakhs, I will go abroad for higher studies.
V1 Will +V1
2. Improbable or Imaginary: If you gave me 20 lakhs, I would go abroad for higher studies.
V2 Would +V1
3. Unfulfilled Conditional: If you had given me 20 lakhs, I would have gone abroad for higher studies.
Had + V3 Would +have + V3
EVEREST COACHING POINT for SSC CGL / CHSL, HYD:- 90 300 301 85/86, 99 855 125 45
If Clause Main Clause
C1 V1 will / shall
can / may
+ V1
C2 V2 would / should
+ V1
could / might
C3 had + V3 would / should
+ have + V3
could / might
Exercise
1. If you write well, you ______ good marks.
A) get B) will get C) would get D) would have got
2. If you wrote well, you ______ good marks.
A) get B) will get C) would get D) would have got
3. If you had written well, you ______ good marks.
A) get B) will get C) would get D) would have got
EVEREST COACHING POINT for SSC CGL / CHSL, HYD:- 90 300 301 85/86, 99 855 125 45
EXERCISE - Filling in the Blanks
1) If he comes, I ______ him.
1) will meet 2) would meet 3) would have met 4) met
2) If I were you, I _____ like this.
1) will not behave 2) wouldn't behave 3) have not behaved 4) behave
3) "Had he tried hard, he could have go that job." The sentence means that
1) he has tried hard 2) he had tried hard 3) he will try hard 4) he didn't try hard
4) If he had known in time he _____ his plans.
1) would change 2) would have changed 3) will change 4) had changed
5) Had you told me earlier, I_____ the meeting.
1) had attended 2) have attended 3) attended 4) would have attended
EVEREST COACHING POINT for SSC CGL / CHSL, HYD:- 90 300 301 85/86, 99 855 125 45
EXERCISE - Spotting Errors
1) If I had known (1)/ this yesterday, (2)/ I will have helped him. (3)/ No error (4)
2) If a software company (1)/ sends its employees abroad (2)/ to work for a foreign client,
they (3)/ pays them a daily allowance.(4)/ No error (5)
3) If you would have read (1)/ the instructions carefully, (2)/ you would not have (3)/
answered the questions wrongly. (4)/ No error (5)
4) If I was he, (1)/ I wouldn’t accept (2)/ this project. (3)/ No error (4)[SSC CGL TIERI2013]
5) If you had (1)/ told me earlier, (2)/ I will help you. (3)/ No error(4) [SSCCGL TIERI2017]
EVEREST COACHING POINT for SSC CGL / CHSL, HYD:- 90 300 301 85/86, 99 855 125 45
EXERCISE - Sentence Improvement
1) If you would have completed the assignment, I would have granted you leave.
1) Had you been 2) If you would be
3) If you had 4) If you would have been
5) No correction required
2) If we finish our work in time, we will go for a movie.
1) If we finished 2) If we will finish
3) If we would finish 4) No improvement
EVEREST COACHING POINT for SSC CGL / CHSL, HYD:- 90 300 301 85/86, 99 855 125 45
EXERCISE - Sentence Improvement
3). If he would have tried he would have succeeded. [SSC CHSL 2014]
1) had tried 2) is tried 3) was tried 4) No improvement
4). If I will get an opportunity, I shall attend the seminar [SSCCGL TIER I 2015]
1) get 2) got 3) No improvement 4) shall get
5) If I have had money, I would have bought this car. [SSC CHSL2016]
1) had 2) did have 3) had had 4) no improvement
EVEREST COACHING POINT for SSC CGL / CHSL, HYD:- 90 300 301 85/86, 99 855 125 45
