A. Write Yes or No to answer the questions about each sentence.
1 If Carl doesn’t come to the party, I’ll be really upset.
Is it possible that Carl won’t come to the party? ………………..
2 If my neighbour became prime minister, he’d give everyone a million euros.
Is it likely that the neighbour will become prime minister? ………………..
Is it possible that the neighbour will become prime minister? ………………..
3 If Helen weren’t here, I don’t know what we’d do.
Is Helen here now? ………………..
4 If Tarek had had enough money, he’d have bought a car.
Did Tarek have enough money? ………………..
Did he buy a car? ………………..
5 If Debbie hadn’t gone to the UK, she wouldn’t have met Will.
Did Debbie go to the UK? ………………..
Did she meet Will? ………………..
6 If the police had investigated the case thoroughly, they wouldn’t have arrested Keren.
Did the police investigate the case thoroughly? ………………..
Did they arrest Keren? ………………..
7 Had she not gone to university, she might not have started her own business.
Did she go to university? ………………..
Did she start her own business? ………………..
Answer
1 Yes 2 No/Yes 3 Yes 4 No/No
5 Yes/Yes 6 No/Yes 7 Yes/Yes
B. Complete the definitions using your own ideas.
Example:
If you trust someone, you believe that they won’t let you down.
1 If you bully someone, …………………………………………
2 If you accuse someone, …………………………………………
3 If you are a liar, …………………………………………
4 If you are rich, …………………………………………
5 If you are lucky, …………………………………………
6 If you are lazy, …………………………………………
7 If you look up to someone, …………………………………………
8 If you look down on someone, …………………………………………
Answer
Examples answers:
1 you tease them or pick on them
2 you say they have done something wrong.
3 you don’t tell the truth.
4 you have lots of money.
5 good things happen to you.
6 you don’t work hard.
7 you respect them.
8 you don’t respect them
C. Complete using the correct form of the verbs in the box.
be • call • find • forget • get • leave • see • take • want • work
1 If she ………………… at five o’clock, she’ll be there by half past seven.
2 We ………………… you if we have any problems.
3 It might not be a good idea to go out tonight if you ………………… an important test in the morning.
4 If you ………………… ill all day, you shouldn’t come to the club tonight.
5 If you should ………………… my wallet, call me on my mobile immediately!
6 Let’s get a different DVD if you ………………… that one already.
7 If Sean ………………… so hard lately, he’ll welcome the chance to have a few days off.
8 If you’re going into town, ………………… a video for tonight while you’re there!
9 If you see Carol tonight, ………………… to say hello from me!
10 Don’t feel you have to come if you ………………… to.
Answer
1 leaves 2 will call 3 are taking 4 have been
5 find/see 6 have seen/got 7 has been working
8 get 9 don’t forget 10 don’t want
D. Circle the correct word or phrase.
1 This time in six months I’ll be at university unless / if I decide to take a year off first.
2 We’d better leave early tomorrow unless / in case there’s a lot of traffic when we get to Doncaster.
3 You can watch the film as long as / in case you promise to go straight to bed when it finishes.
4 Let’s go to Mirabella’s tonight unless / if you haven’t been there before.
5 Unless / So long as I’ve still got my health, I don’t mind how poor I am!
6 You’d better take a sweater with you now if / in case it gets cold tonight.
7 Do what you like provided / unless you don’t make any noise.
8 I’m not going to worry unless / as long as she hasn’t called by midnight.
Answer
1 unless 2 in case 3 as long as 4 if
5 So long as 6 in case 7 provided 8 unless
E. Write sentences using the second conditional.
Example: I don’t want to buy that CD so I’m not going to.
If I wanted to buy that CD, I would.
1 I don’t live alone so I don’t get lonely.
………………………………………….
2 Don’s got such a lot of homework that he’s not going to play football tonight.
………………………………………….
3 I can’t swim so I’m not going scuba diving with Terry.
………………………………………….
4 We’re not going to order a pizza because we don’t have enough money.
………………………………………….
5 We’re not staying in the same hotel, so we can’t share a room.
………………………………………….
6 I’m not you, but I think you should call Antony right now!
………………………………………….
7 I can’t come because I have to help my dad with something.
………………………………………….
8 I don’t go to bed as late as you so I’m able to get up early in the morning.
………………………………………….
Answer
1 If I lived alone, I’d get lonely.
2 If Don didn’t have so much homework, he’d play football tonight.
3 If I could swim, I’d go scuba diving with Terry.
4 We’d order pizza if we had enough money.
5 If we were staying in the same hotel, we could share a room.
6 If I were you, I’d call Antony right now.
7 I’d come if I didn’t have to help my dad with something.
8 If I went to bed as late as you, I wouldn’t be able to get up early in the morning.
F. Read the text and complete the sentences using the third conditional.
Some scientists, such as Stephen Hawking, believe it’s possible that there are billions and billions of universes. Each universe has a different possible consequence for every action. In the universe we live in, for example, George Bush became President of the USA in January 2001, and Greece won the European Cup in July 2004. But in other universes different things happened. Imagine if that’s true! In some universes, your parents didn’t meet, so you weren’t born. In another universe, a meteor didn’t strike the Earth, so the dinosaurs didn’t become extinct. In a different universe, your best friend won the lottery last summer and moved to a bigger house. In another parallel universe, you started learning English a year earlier, so you did this book last year! Somewhere else, Madonna wasn’t discovered, and so didn’t make any records. In another universe, Van Gosh was recognised as a great painter during his lifetime, and so didn’t die in poverty. And perhaps in several universes, there were enough lifeboats on the Titanic and so everyone on board survived. It makes you think, doesn’t it?
1 If I’d started learning English a year earlier, ………………………………………
2 If a meteor hadn’t struck the Earth, ………………………………………
3 If my best friend had won the lottery last summer, ………………………………………
4 If my parents ………………………………………
5 Everyone on board the Titanic ………………………………………
6 Van Gosh ………………………………………
7 Madonna ………………………………………
8 If George Bush ………………………………………
9 If Greece ………………………………………
Answer
1 I would have done this book last year!
2 the dinosaurs wouldn’t have become extinct.
3 he/she would have moved to a bigger house.
4 hadn’t met, I wouldn’t have been born.
5 would have survived if there had been enough lifeboats.
6 wouldn’t have died in poverty if he had been recognised as a great painter during his lifetime.
7 wouldn’t have made any records if she hadn’t been discovered.
Possible answers:
8 hadn’t become President of the USA in January 2001, lots of things would have been different.
9 hadn’t won the European Cup in July 2004, I would have been very upset.
G. Choose the correct answer.
If this theory about parallel universes (1) ………………… correct, it (2) ………………… that we’re living in more than one universe at the same time. But if that (3) ………………… true – if I was doing different things in different universes – (4) ………………… about it. And if I (5) ………………… about it, how could it be me doing these things? If I (6) ………………… the lottery last year in a parallel universe, and decided to sail round the world, how is that ‘me’? It doesn’t make sense!
And another thing. If I do something, it (7) ………………… consequences. For example, if I (8) ………………… study, I might not pass my exams. I can’t start thinking about different universes where the consequences are different. If I just (9) ………………… about the universe I actually live in, then I’m sure (10) ………………… okay!
1 A will be B is C would have been D has been
2 A has meant B meant C had meant D means
3 A will be B was being C were D has been
4 A I’d know B I’ll know C I have known D I know
5 A wouldn’t know B don’t know C won’t know D didn’t know
6 A had won B was winning C have won D win
7 A would have B would have had C will have D had had
8 A won’t B haven’t C don’t D hadn’t
9 A think B to think C am thinking D have thought
10 A I’d be B I’ve been C I’d have been D I’ll be
Answer
1 B 2 D 3 C 4 A 5 D 6 A 7 C 8 C 9 A 10 D
H. Complete using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 If ……………………… (you / do) your homework last night, you’d know the answer to this question!
2 We ……………………… (not / stand) by the side of the road at the moment trying to get a lift if ……………………… (we / bring) a spare tyre with us.
3 If I ……………………… (not / stay up) so late last night, I ……………………… (not / feel) so tired this morning!
4 ……………………… (I / be) in terrible trouble right now if you ……………………… (not / help) me.
5 If I had a video recorder, ……………………… (I / record) the match last night.
6 ……………………… (I / ask) for Andy’s phone number when I met him if I ……………………… (not / already / have) a boyfriend!
7 If Cody ……………………… (not / live) so far away, he ……………………… (not / be) so late to the barbecue yesterday.
8 Tracy ……………………… (not / need) extra lessons last month if she ……………………… (be) as good at maths as you are.
9 ……………………… (you / got) a job when you left school if the university ……………………… (not / offer) you a place?
10 If you ……………………… (have) as much money as she does, ……………………… (you / retire) by now?
Answer
1 you’d done
2 wouldn’t be standing/we’d brought
3 hadn’t stayed up/wouldn’t be feeling/feel/have felt
4 I’d be/hadn’t helped/weren’t helping
5 I would have/I’d have recorded the match last night
6 I’d have asked/didn’t already have
7 didn’t live/wouldn’t have been
8 wouldn’t have needed/was/were
9 Would you have got/ hadn’t offered
10 had/would you have retired
I. Complete the sentences so that the meaning remains the same.
1 If her condition should improve, we’ll inform you immediately.
Should ………………………………………….
2 Jade will ask lots of difficult questions if she gets to interview a famous politician.
Should ………………………………………….
3 If you were able to abroad for the summer, where would you go?
Were ………………………………………….
4 If I was to become a vet, I’d find putting animals down very difficult.
Were ………………………………………….
5 The world would be much better off it all environmental pollution stopped today.
Were ………………………………………….
6 If the hole in the ozone layer had been discovered sooner, fewer people would have got skin cancer.
Had ………………………………………….
7 I wouldn’t have become a teacher if I hadn’t had such a good English teacher at school.
Had ………………………………………….
Answer
1 her condition improve, we’ll inform you immediately.
2 Jade get to interview a famous politician, she will ask lots of difficult questions.
3 you able to go abroad for the summer, where would you go?
4 I to become a vet, I’d find putting animals down very difficult.
5 all environment pollution to stop today, the world would be much better off.
6 the hole in the ozone level been discovered sooner, fewer people would have got skin cancer.
7 I not had such a good English teacher at school, I wouldn’t have become a teacher.
J. If a line is correct, put a tick (✓) next to the number. If there is an extra word in a line, write it next to the number.
Being an only child
(1) I’m an only child. People often say to me: ‘Wouldn’t you be a lot (2) happier if you have had brothers and sisters?’ but I don’t see it like that. (3) It’s true that if I had had a brother or sister, I would have someone closer (4) to my own age to talk to and play with at home, but I don’t think that’s (5) very important provided for you have close friends, which I do. If my (6) parents would had more children, they wouldn’t be able to spend so much (7) time with me. And we have great fun together! Also, except if I had a brother or sister, I’d have it to share a bedroom with them. That might be (8) fun, but what would happen if I wanted to play my CDs and he or she had (9) to study? No – I don’t want a brother or sister, unless it will happens, of (10) course. In that case, I’ll think it’s the best thing in the world!
Answer
1 ✓ 2 have 3 had 4 ✓ 5 for
6 would 7 except 8 it 9 ✓ 10 will
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