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GRAMMAR REVISION
REAL CONDITIONALS
11 Match the beginnings with the ends together, using if ... were.
Model: If he were a better dancer, her feet wouldn’t hurt.
BEGINNINGS ENDINGS
1 he / a better dancer
2 I / a rabbit
3 I / forty years younger
4 I / Moroccan
5 I / the manager
6 it / not so cold
7 it / Sunday
8 my nose / shorter
9 people / more sensible
10 she / better-tempered
A her feet wouldn't hurt.
B I wouldn't be working.
C I'd be quite pretty.
D I'd give everybody ten weeks' holiday.
E I'd go dancing all night.
F I'd go for a walk.
G I'd live in a hole.
H I'd speak Arabic.
I life in the office would be easier.
J there wouldn't be any wars.
12 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form and write sentences of
your own.
1 If I (live/lived) to be 70 ________
2 If I (wake /woke) up early tomorrow ______
3 If Scotland (declares/declared) war on Switzerland ______
4 If we (have/had) the same government in five years' time ...
5 If everybody (gives/gave) ten per cent of their income to charity...
6 If everybody (thinks/thought) like me ...
7 If there (is/was) nothing good on TV tonight...
8 If my English (is/was) better next year...
9 If the government (bans/banned) cars from city centres next year.
10 If I (have /had) bad dreams tonight...
13 A woman is packing to go on holiday in Austria. Make up sentences.
She’s packing:
a German phrase book a pack of cards a racket
a thick sweater a swimsuit aspirins binoculars
her address book some books walking boots
in case:
she decides to send postcards she has time to read
she meets people who play bridge `she wants to go walking
the hotel has a heated pool the hotel staff don't speak English
the sun gives her a headache the weather is cold
there is a tennis court she wants to go bird-watching
