Jo English Semester 2 (Regular-track) Conditionals

Jo12/Session 2

A. Complete the following conditional sentences and compare your answers in pairs: 1. If I have time at the weekends, I ______________________________________ 2. If I found a wallet full of money, I______________________________________ 3. I will miss the train if _______________________________________________ 4. If the German Defence Minister hadn t resi!ned, _________________________________________________________________

B. Correct the following sentences (if necessary) a. If "ack had #een honest, he would return the money. #. $he video %auses if you %ress the #utton. c. If she would have wanted to see me, she would have come earlier. d. &teve would have attacked if I hadn t come alon!. e. &%eak to "ane if you want to #ook a room. f. 'e mi!ht soon #e makin! a %rofit if all will !o accordin! to %lan. !. If I had #ou!ht those shares, I would #e a rich man today. h. If (lare will continue to work hard, she will %ass the e)ams easily ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

(. If*.not and +nless Unless is used in conditional sentences with the meanin! ,if *not-. Example: .ou won t !et the /o# unless you a%%ly 0or1 if you don t a%%ly2 'ith unless we use %resent tenses when we talk a#out the future. +nless it rains, I ll %ick you u% at 3 Rewrite the following sentences using unless: 1. I have to tele%hone Mike toni!ht or he ll sell the car to someone else. +nless__________________________________________________________________

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2. $he hos%ital must !et more money or it will close. +nless__________________________________________________________________ 3. &%eak to her only if she s%eaks to you first. Don t ___________________________________________________________________ 4. If we don t hear from you, we will e)%ect you around 12.;; +nless __________________________________________________________________ Other phrases used to introduce conditional clauses: provided, providing that, supposing, as long as, supposing that . Complete the following sentences with as long as! pro"ided! supposing or unless: 1. _________ our calculations are correct, we ll make a %rofit within a year. 2. _________ she is in/ured, she should win easily. 3. _________ it was %ossi#le to !o #ack in time, I d like to see the %yramids #ein! #uilt. (om%lete the followin! sentences with your own ideas1 4. <rovidin! my nei!h#ours don t o#/ect, _____________________________________ =. &u%%osin! I !et made redundant, ________________________________________ 3. +nless the destruction of the world s rain forests is sto%%ed, _____________________________________________________________________

riting task (ans!ers in "oodle #orum) 'hat difference do you think it would make to the world if %rofessional /ournalists !ave u% their work>

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$E% A. #ample answers: 1. If I have time at weekends, I work in the !arden. 2. If I found a wallet full of money, I wonder if I would kee% it. 3. I will miss the train if the ?ueue at the ticket desk doesn t move any faster. 4. If the German Defence Minister hadn t resi!ned, his %osition in the !overnment would have considera#ly weakened. @. a.If "ack had #een honest, he would have returned the money. #. correct c. If she had wanted to see me, she would have come earlier. d. correct e. correct f. 'e mi!ht soon #e makin! a %rofit if all !oes accordin! to %lan. !. correct h. If (lare continues to work hard, she will %ass he e)ams easily (. 1. +nless I %hone Mike toni!ht, he will sell the car to someone else. 2. +nless the hos%ital !ets more funds, it will have to close. 3. Don t s%eak to her unless she s%eaks to you first. 4. +nless we hear from you, we will e)%ect you around 12.;; D. 1. 6s lon! as 9 <rovided our calculations are correct, we ll make a %rofit within a year. 2. +nless she is in/ured, she should easily win. 3. &u%%osin! that it was %ossi#le to !o #ack in time, I would like to see the %yramids #ein!
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#uilt. 4. <rovidin! my nei!h#ours don t o#/ect, we will have a !arden %arty to cele#rate my #irthday. =. &u%%osin! I !et made redundant, will the firm have to %ay a minimum amount to each em%loyee #ased on the num#er of years they have worked for the com%any> 3. +nless the destruction of the world s rain forests is sto%%ed, it will effect all of our lives.

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