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Exercise 1: combine modals (can, may, etc.) with the verbs in brackets. In each
case give a reason for your choice. If you fail in any case you may look above
and find it in the text.
When, at the age of three, David Bolton began using a calculator, his proud
parents foresaw that he (do) …… well at school. They (not anticipate)…… the
problem he (face) ……14 years later. While most pupils his age are struggling
with A-levels, he is trying to perform an uneasy balancing act between
schoolwork and making big money from a computer consultancy. He is meeting
his headmaster tomorrow for a showdown that (mean) …… he (have to)……
leave school.
“It’s a quandary,” said the schoolboy who has turned up for morning assembly
in his Porsche 924. “the business opportunities (not come) …… again if I don’t
seize them now, and I also understand why my parents and my headmaster
(prefer)…… me to stay at school.
However, I (not concentrate)…… on my lessons if I need to meet clients, and
sometimes the problem (not wait)…….
You must have already learned that in Type 1 conditionals “if…not” can be
replaced by “unless” but only in the case when the meaning is “except on the
condition that”.
Exercise 2: among the following sentences find those in which “unless” can be
used in place of “if….not” and make the necessary changes.
a) If she doesn’t apply for a university place soon, she’ll be too late.
b) The atmosphere is bound to get warmer if we don’t stop producing so
much dioxide.
c) It will be really amazing if the present government doesn’t win the next
election.
d) I’m really surprised if you aren’t upset by all this bad news.
e) If we don’t all follow the same fishing rules, there won’t be many fish left
in the sea.
f) It would be better for everybody if we didn’t take too many fish out of the
sea.
g) Some companies wouldn’t make so much profit if they weren’t
monopolies.
Exercise 3: highlight the difference between these two sentences and do the rest
of the exercise according to the example.
My headmaster would prefer to stay at school.
My headmaster would prefer me to stay at school.
a) I don’t want to write to him.(I’d prefer you ) ………
b) I don’t want to phone her. ( want one of the colleagues)………
c) I’m not going to make the supper. ( I’d like you)………
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