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Conditional I If you  (go)    out with your friends tonight, I  (watch)    the football match on TV. I  (earn)    a lot of money if I  (get)    that job. If she  (hurry / not)   , we  (miss)    the bus. Conditional II If he  (try)    harder, he  (reach)    his goals. I  (buy)    these shoes if they  (fit)   . It  (surprise / not)    me if he  (know / not)    the answer. Conditional III If we  (listen)    to the radio, we  (hear)    the news. If you  (switch)    on the lights, you  (fall / not)    over the chair. She  (come)    to our party if she  (be / not)    on holiday. Mix If I _______ stronger, I'd help you carry the piano. If we'd seen you, we _________ If we ________...

Write mixed conditional clauses to the given situations.  1. Mary doesn’t know how to play badminton. We didn’t invite her to play with us. ..................................................................................................................................... 2. We don’t have access to company’s network. We couldn’t enter the data yesterday. ..................................................................................................................................... 3. I spent too much on holiday, I’m broke now. ..................................................................................................................................... 4. I have so much to do today. I couldn’t dare to spend the whole night at the party yesterday. ..................................................................................................................................... 5. I’m ready for my exam now after a two weeks’ study. ...............................

Read the text and then complete the sentences using the prompts.  Global warming: what are the consequences? What are the consequences of global warming? These are some predictions. A rise of only a degree or two in the temperature of the planet will cause floods in many parts of the world. This is because the melting of the ice caps will cause a big rise in sea level. We will lose a lot of important farmland, and people will have to leave some of the world's biggest cities.  Some deserts are growing so fast that we can see and measure the changes. Some scientists believe this is because of human activity (mainly cutting down trees), but others think that it is an effect of global warming. Good agricultural land is being changed into desert. Animals adapt to survive in the climate of the area where they live. If the climate change, it will become too hot for some animals and too cold for others. Insects like mosquitoes will move to new areas and take malaria ...

1. Complete the sentence using the verbs in brackets. If Alexander the Great (march)________ west instead of east, he (conquer)_______ the whole of Europe. If more Vikings (go)________ to North America, the Viking settements (succeed)_______. If the ancient Egyptians (build)________ bigger boats, they (cross)________ the Atlantic and (land)_______ in America. If a storm (not hit)_________ Bartolomeu Dias's ship off the coast of Africa in 1487, they (not arrived)___________ in the Indian Ocean by accident. If Cheng Ho and other Chinese explorers (continue)_______ further on their voyages, they (sail)_________ up the west coast of Africa and reached Europe in the early 15th century. If Columbus (not read)________ about Marco Polo's trip to China, he (not try)________ to sail there by crossing the Atlantic. If Columbus (sail)_________ east in 1492, he (reach)__________ China or Japan. If the Aztecs (not think)__________ that Cortes and his men were gods, the Spaniards (no...

Complete the following text using the Second Conditional What would happen if drilled a tunnel through the centre of the Earth and jumped into it? It would be impossible to do this on Earth because it is too hot, but you could do it on the moon. Imagine a tunnel through the moon. If you __________(jump) into the tunnel you _________(accelerate) toward the centre at a very high speed because of gravity. Then you ________(go) through the centre and start slowing down. Then, when you ________(reach) the end of the tunnel on the other side of the moon, you __________(stop), and then you _________(fall) back down the tunnel in the other direction. You _______(go) backwards and forwards like this forever.

Put the verb in brackets in a suitable form, using a negative where necessary. The extinction of the dinosaurs The dinosaurs probably became extinct after a giant asteroid hit the Earth about 65 million years ago. But what _________(happen) if this asteroid __________(miss)? Scientists believe that in this case, dinosaurs _______(continue) to dominate the Earth, and that modern animals _______(probably exist). Instead of elephants and lions and so on, there _______(be) different types of dinosaurs, because the animals we have now simply _______(be able) to evolve. Some scientists have even suggested that dinosaurs ________(develop) along the same lines as human beings, but this is a minority view. The general view is that perhaps dinosaur brains _______(grow) larger, but if they _______(exist) today, dinosaurs ________(change) very much in general, and _________(look) much the same. The prospects for human beings would not be so good, however. If the asteroid _______(collide) ...

Use the words to complete an if-sentence about solutions to environmental problems: Solution A- recycle paper, metal and glass everyone/ recycle paper/ companies/ not cut down so many trees everyone/ recycle metal and glass/ we not waste valuable resources everyone/ recycle paper, metal and glass/ we not produce so much rubbish Solution B- turn off lights. don't drive so much, insulate your house everyone/ turn off unwanted lights/ save a lot of electricity everyone/ walk or cycle/ not waste so much oil and petrol everyone/ insulate their houses/ not waste so much energy for heating Solution C- use renewable energy countries use more wind and water power, not depend so much on power stations countries use power stations less, cause less air pollution

A Very Bad Day I’d been looking for a new job for a while, as I really hated my present one. I didn’t get on very well with my boss and I found the job really boring, so it was definitely time for a change. I had seen an advert in the local paper for a job that sounded absolutely perfect for me. I had to have it! I spent a long time on my CV and wrote a really convincing covering letter.  You can guess what happened…  On the day of the interview I overslept! I must have forgotten to set my alarm the night before. I jumped out of bed, quickly put some clothes on and rushed out the door but I was never going to make it in time. If only I’d set my alarm, I would’ve been on time! I would normally take the bus but, as I was running late, I decided the tube might be quicker. I ran down the escalators and jumped onto the train, just as the doors were closing. I breathed a sigh of relief – I might just make it after all. After a couple of minutes I noticed that other pe...

Confessions Four friends, Ross, Phoebe, Monica and Chandler were sitting in a coffee bar and chatting, when the subject of their own faults came up in conversation.     ‘I must admit,’ said Ross, ‘I sometimes use the company’s phone for private calls and I often steal office stationery from work when the boss isn’t looking.  If  my boss  found out , I ’d get fired .’     ‘Well, I guess my greatest fault,’ Phoebe told the group, ‘is that I gamble too much. I play online poker and I buy lottery tickets. My parents are really strict, and  if  they  heard  about it, I ’d be  in real trouble.     ‘I don’t gamble,’ Monica said, ‘but I’d say that my worst fault is my drinking habit. I drink far too much.   If  it ever  got out ,  I’d lose  my job.’     Chandler had been silent during the conversation, so Monica turned and asked him, ‘Well, Chandler, do ...

1. Choose the correct verb form to fill the gaps: I ______________ happy to advise you if you'd asked me. A. had been     B. would have been     C. would be     D. will be If she __________ her driving test, she would have bought a car. A. would have passed     B. has passed     C. passed     D. had passed  I wouldn't have lent him the money if he __________ desperate. A. has not been     B. wasn't been     C. hadn't been      D. couldn't be  If you'd run faster, you ___________ the bus. A. should've caught     B. wouldn't catch     C. could've caught     D. might catch If I hadn't worked hard when I was young I ___________ where I am now.  A. won't haven been     B. would be     C. hadn't been     D. wouldn'be 2. Complete the second sentence so that it is as similar in meaning as possib...