Question

Exercise 285. Choose the correct verb form. 1.If I won the lottery, I buy/would buy a mountain bike.2. We'll help you if we have / had time.3. If I don't have / didn't have a cold, I would come out with you.4. She won't be happy if you don't invite / didn't invite her to your party.5. If they need money, they will sell / would sell their car.6. We'll have / would have a dog if we lived in the country.7. If I know / knew the answer, I would tell you!8. I'll buy the latest Ricky Martin CD if I have / had enough money.9. If they walk to school, they'll get/would get some exercise.​

Answer 1

1 would buy

2 have

3 didn't have a cold

4 don't invite

5 will sell

6 would have

7 knew

8 have

9 they'll get

Answer 2

Sure, I'd be happy to help you with these sentences. Here are the correct verb forms for each sentence:

1. If I won the lottery, I would buy a mountain bike.
2. We'll help you if we have time.
3. If I didn't have a cold, I would come out with you.
4. She won't be happy if you don't invite her to your party.
5. If they need money, they will sell their car.
6. We would have a dog if we lived in the country.
7. If I knew the answer, I would tell you!
8. I'll buy the latest Ricky Martin CD if I have enough money.
9. If they walk to school, they'll get some exercise.

In conditional sentences, the correct form of the verb often involves using "would" with the base form of the verb in the "if" clause, and the future tense or present tense in the main clause, depending on the type of conditional.