Английский язык для студентов технического вуза: Средства массовой информации. Мир продвинутых технологий - 43 стр.

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20 Revision of the second conditional. Put the verbs in brackets into the
correct tense.
1 I ___________ (not/like) to be famous: I’m happy as I am!
2 Nobody has read fire instructions: if there ________ (be) fire, they wouldn’t
know what to do.
3 If I could live my life again, I ________ (change) anything.
4 If you __________ (can) meet a famous person from history, who ______ (like)
to talk to?
5 If there ___________ (be) no countries, there _______ (not/be) any
governments or laws either.
6 We ________ (not/need) policemen or prisons if we _______ (not/have) any
laws.
7 If countries _________ (not/exist), people ________ (not/have) passports, and
they ________ (can live) anywhere in the world they liked.
8 If people ______ (not/have) possessions, nobody ___________ (need) money
any more.
9 If everyone _______ (live) only ‘for today’, there _________ (be) chaos!
10 If everyone _______ (speak) the same language, do you think life _______
(be) better?
21 Mixed conditionals. Match the two parts of the sentences.
1 If he hadn’t been driving so fast, … a) could you ask her to call me?
2 If you hadn’t reminded me, …. b) we would have been in trouble.
3 If I were you, …. c) he might not have had an accident.
4 If you should see Ann, … d) what would you do?
5 But for your help, … e) I wouldn’t even think of it.
6 Supposing you won the legal case, .. f) I might have forgotten.
22 Make up 5-10 sentences describing what you would do if you were the
prime minister or president of your country. You may use either your ideas
or the ideas given below.
build better hospitals/schools
pay teachers/politicians more
open more universities/cinemas
make the weekend four days long/the
working day shorter
make the army bigger/smaller
build more roads/shopping malls
clean up cities/rivers
give more money to old people/the
unemployed