If Clauses 1

1. It wouldn’t have surprised me if he ____ after that incident.

2. If we are to get out of this political mess, someone ____ the lead, and the sooner they start the better.

3. ____ the judge would almost certainly have been more lenient towards him.

4. Of course, it can never be proved, but just the same, some people think that it ____ better for these children if they had been forcibly taken away from their families.

5. If they _____ out some market research for the new product they _____ such heavy losses in sales.

6. Had they apologised for deliberately overcharging me, I _____ a complaint with the Consumers’ rights Office.

7. If we ____ the terms of the contract, all the paint-work in the building ____ finished by the 15th of next month.

8. You should get some professional advice if youre thinking about changing the system radically.

9. If you really ____ to promote him, you ____ so right away.

10. I would require a number of people in this company to take early retirement, ____ .