VOCABULARY B22 EJ 98 A

EJERCICIO 98A

Write the right word or words.Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers.

1. Aforementioned (2)
2. Barter
3. Beverage
4. Brochure
5. Chunk
6. Cloth
7. Currency
8. Dreary
9. Everlasting
10. Fare
11. Fawn
12. Fee
13. Fiddler
14. High-tech (2)
15. Mint
16. No matter what (3)
17. Note
18. Overseas
19. Pastime
20. Realm

Third conditional

  

•                 We normally use third conditional sentences to talk about hypothetical/ imaginary situations in the past, i.e.  how thing could have been different in the past. Compare:

 

Yesterday I got up late and missed my train. (= the real situation)

If I hadn’t got late yesterday, I wouldn’t have missed my train. (= the hypothetical/ imaginary situation).

 

•                        To make a third conditional, we use if+ past perfect and would have+ past participle. NOT if I would have known you had a problem.

 

•              The contraction of both had and would is ‘d.

 

If I’d have Known you had a problem, I’d have helped you.

 

•               We can use might or could instead of would to make the result less certain.

 

If she’d studied harder, she might have passed the exam.

 

 

If I’d known you had a problem, I would have helped you.

If Paul hadn’t gone to Brazil, he wouldn’t have met his wife.

Would you have gone to the party if you’d known Lisa was there?

You wouldn’t have lost your job if you hadn’t been late every day.

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SECOND CONDITIONAL, CHOOSING BETWEEN CONDITIONALS

 Second conditionals sentences: if + past simple, would/ wouldn’t + infinitive

 

We use the second conditional to talk about a hypothetical/ imaginary present or future situation and its consequence.

If I had a job…. (= I don’t have a job, I’m imagining it)

·      We use the past simple after if and would/ wouldn’t + infinitive in the other clause.

·      We can also use could instead of would in the other clause.

If I had a job, I’d get my own flat.

If David spoke good English, he could get a job in that new hotel.

I would get on better with my parents if I didn’t live with them.

I wouldn’t do that job unless they paid me a really good salary.

 

·      After “if”, we can use was or were with I, he and she.

 

If your sister were here, she’d know what to do.

If it was warmer, we could have a swim.

 

·      We often use second conditionals beginning if I were you, I’d … to give advice. We don’t normally use if I was you …

If I were you, I’d buy a new computer.

 

Choosing between the first or second conditional It usually depends on how probable you think it is that something wil happen. If I have time, I’ll help you. (= this a real situation, it’s possible that I’ll have time – first conditional) If I had time, I’d help you. (= this is a hypothetical/ imaninary situation, I don’t have time – second conditional)   Would/ wouldn’t + infinitive We also often use it (without an if clause) when we talk about imaginary situations. My ideal holiday would be a week in the Bahamas. I’d never buy a car as big as yours.

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First conditional and future time clauses + when, until, etc.

 

We use first conditional sentences to talk about a possible/ probable future situation and its consequence.

 

Present (NOT the future)

 

·       We use it after "if" in first conditional sentences. NOT if you’ll work hard, you’ll pass your exam.

 

If you work hard, you’ll pass your exams

The teacher won’t be very pleased if we’re late for class.

 

·       We use it after "when, as soon as, until, before and after" to talk about the future.

 

We’ll have dinner when your father gets home.

As soon as you get your exam results, call me.

I won’t go to bed until you come home.

I’ll have a quick lunch before I leave.

After I finish university, I’ll probably take a year off and travel.

  

Imperative

·        We can also use an imperative instead of the will clause.

 

Come and see us next week if you have time.

 

Unless+ present simple

 

·       We can use it in positive sentences instead of if …. Not in conditional sentences. Compare: Allison won’t get into university if she doesn’t get good grades.

 

Allison won’t get into university unless she gets good grades.

I won’t go unless you go too.

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Is said that…., he is thought to,… etc.

Is said that…., he is thought to,… etc.

Rephrase the sentence to make it more formal.Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers.

E.g.: People think the murderer is a woman.
It is thought that the murderer is a woman.
The murderer is thought to be a woman.



1. Police believe the burglar is a local man.
The burglar .

2. People say the muggers are very dangerous.
It .

3. Police think the robbers entered through an open window.
The robbers .

4. Police say the murderer has dissapeared.
It .

5. Lawyers expect that the trial will last three weeks.
The trial .