D. Write one word only in each gap to make second conditionals.



a) If I ______ (move) to another country, I think I _____ (modal) go to Mexico.

b) If there ___ (be) more rain here, the countryside _____ (modal) be greener.

c) I ____ (not/talk) to him right now if I ____ (be) you – he’s in a terrible mood.

d) Imagine there _____ (be/no) borders between countries, _____ (modal/not) it be wonderful?

e)  The director ______ (modal/not) make any redundancies unless it ____ (be) really necessary.

f) If Jonas _____ (ask) you to marry him, what ______ (modal) you say?

g) I’ve got an awful voice, but if I ___ (modal) sing, I ___ (modal) join a choir.

E. Read the letter and complete the responses below.

Problems: We’re worried about our 16 year-old son. He’s started going round with a gang of older boys. (1) We don’t take him to school in the morning, and he doesn’t actually go to school – he meets these boys. They go to the funfairs and our son (2) uses the lunch money we gave him. (3) We haven’t talked to our son, because we’re sure (4) he’d just lie to us – he accuses us of treating him like a child. (5) We don’t know whether to talk to the police about him. (6) Perhaps we should speak to his teachers first. We don’t know (7) if there’s any way they can help us.

Solutions: (1) If you _____ (take) him to school in the morning, you _____ (modal) make sure he goes inside. (2) He _____ (modal/not) be able to spend money on funfairs if you _____ (do/not) give him any money. (3) I ____ (modal) talk to your son if I _____ (be) you. (4) He probably _____ (modal/not) lie to you if you _____ (talk) him like an adult. (5) If I _____ (were) you I _____(modal/not) talk to the police unless you know he has committed a crime. Your son is very young and you don’t want the police involved at this age. (6) It _____ (modal) be a good idea if you ____ (speak) to his teachers, they _____ (modal) be worried too. (7) The teachers know your son. If you _____ (speak) to them, they ______ (modal) to help you.

F. People are talking about their regrets with ‘would, might’ or ‘could’. Complete the sentences with the right verb forms.

1) Pietro didn’t get a place at college because he didn’t apply in time.

If I _____ (apply) in time, I ______ (get) a place at college.

2) Last year Olivia spent all her money on clothes and couldn’t afford a holiday.

If I _____ (not/spend) all my money on clothes last year, I _____ (afford) it.

3) Samuel didn’t notice the speed camera and he got a fine for driving too fast.

If I ____ (notice) the speed camera, I _____ (get) a fine.

4) Patrice broke his leg on a skiing trip and wasn’t able to become a footballer: If Pietro ____ (not/break) my leg on a skiing trip, he _____ (become) a footballer.

5) Kimiko ate some fish which was bad so she was very ill: If I ____ (not/eat) some fish which was bad, I _____ (not/fall) ill.

G. Complete the email using the correct form of verbs in brackets.

Hi Mum and Dad. I’m afraid I have to ask you for some money – and I’m very ashamed to tell you about this. You see, I lost my job a few weeks ago. I deserved it because I upset a customer – if I _____ (be) (1) rude to the customer, my boss ______ (not/fire) (2) me. And I was in debt because of the car – obviously, I ______ (get) (3) into debt if I ______ (not/buy) (4) the car, but I needed it for work. Then, one day recently I was in a local shop and I took some money from the till. If it ______ (not/be) (5) open, I ______ (not/take) (6) the money, but it was so easy. I left the shop before they noticed, but then, a couple of days later I went back into the shop and the shopkeeper saw me. That was really stupid – if I _____ (not/go back) (7), he _________ (recognize) (8) me. I denied taking the money, so he called the police, and they arrested me. If I _______ (admit) (9) it to the shopkeeper and paid him back, he _____ (might/not/call) (10) the police. So… can I borrow £600 to pay the fine? I know I’ve been stupid – if I ____ (ask) (11) for your help weeks ago, this ______ (not/happen) (12). Love, Jerry

H. Read the conversations and choose the correct answer.

a) I hear you lost that new laptop computer you’d bought. – Yes, it was stolen. I feel really stupid now – I’d still have the computer and all my work on it if I hadn’t left/didn’t leave the bathroom window open.

b) Mum, can I play with my Xbox? – Yes, go on. What would you do/would you have done in the evenings if they hadn’t invented the Xbox?

c) Why are you here? I thought Jenny said that you’d cancelled the meeting? – Well, no. If I cancelled/had cancelled the meeting, I wouldn’t be here now, would I?

d) We’ve just bought a flat screen TV. – But you’ve already got one. – No, if we already had one, we wouldn’t buy/wouldn’t have bought one, would we?

e) Gary said that his brother was very lazy. – Neil, lazy? No, if that was true, I didn’t marry/wouldn’t have married him all those years ago!

f) Do you have any regrets about getting married when you were very young? – Of course not! If we didn’t get married/hadn’t got married when we were young, we couldn’t enjoy/wouldn’t have enjoyed all our grandchildren and great-grandchildren now.

 

 

UNIT 6. BUSINESS

READING


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