1. The document contains 20 sentences with blanks that must be filled in with forms of verbs to make conditional ("if/then") statements. 2. The blanks focus on forms of "to be" verbs like "is", "are", as well as various verb tenses and forms like "have", "has". 3. The sentences cover a variety of topics but follow the structure of "if X, then Y" conditional statements.

1. Zero Conditional
Name: Date: __/__/20__
If feeling _____ sincere, its destiny _________ doubtful.
1. (be) (not/be)
is is not
If sleep _____ the brother of death, ignorance _____ full brother to both
sleep and death.
2.
(be) (be)
is is
If his art _____ folly and madness, it _____ folly and madness at second
hand.
3.
(be) (be)
is is
If the new doctrine _________ truth, it _____ a dangerous, a deadly error.
4.
(not/be) (be)
is not is
If she ______ wider possibilities of joy, she ______ also infinitely greater
possibilities of pain.
5.
(have) (have)
has has
If patience _____ the bugbear of youth, it _____ the panacea of middle
age.
6.
(be) (be)
is is
If the pericardium _____ the principal seat of the disease, the pulse _____
quick and irregular.
7.
(be) (be)
is is
If He _____ dissatisfied, the commendation of the many _____ as froth.
8.
(be) (be)
is is
If he _____ cruel, neglectful, overbearing, she _____ perfectly aware of it.
9.
(be) (be)
is is
If it _________ a refuge to the woful wayfarers of earth, it _____ nothing.
10.
(not/be) (be)
is not is
If it _____ hard and unyielding, then it _____ old.
11. (be) (be)
is is
If one _____ archaeologically inclined, for instance, Northumberland
______ one of the finest collections of military antiquities in the kingdom, from
the rude circular camps and entrenchments of the primitive inhabitants to the
great castles and peel-towers of mediaeval times.
12.
(be) (have)
is
has
If they ______ ill afterwards, it _____ worth it.
13. (be) (be)
're 's

2. IF simplicity of heart _____ an essential condition of respect, simplicity of
life _____ its best school.
14.
(be) (be)
is
is
If necessity _____ the mother of invention, suffering _____ the mother of
high moods and great thoughts.
15.
(be) (be)
is is
If it _________, it _____ scarcely our fault.
16. (not/be) (be)
is not is
If your name _________ Luttrell, it _____ Vasari.
17. (not/be) (be)
is not is
If the hand _____ in the same line with the reins, the play _____ only from
the elbow.
18.
(be) (be)
is is
If the altitude _____ S, the Zenith Distance _____ N or vice versa.
19.
(be) (be)
is is
If it _____ tough on us, it _____ jest as tough on them.
20. (be) (be)
's 's