How do we use the conditionals in English?

[Paulina]

Test No. incompl/inter-91 "Tenses (2)", question 7

If you were stopped by the police for speeding, what ......... you do?

(a) will
(b) shall
(c) do
(d) would

Test No. incompl/inter-91 "Tenses (2)", answer 7

If you were stopped by the police for speeding, what would you do?

Correct answer: (d) would

Your answer was: incorrect
If you were stopped by the police for speeding, what will you do?
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This is sequance of tenses?

[Alan]

Hi Paulina,

This is a conditional sentence: if you were ... you would. Have a look at the piece I've written for the site under esl lessons called CONDITIONALS and you will see the different types of conditionals in use.

Alan
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