Sunday, April 18, 2010

CONDITIONALS : EXERCISES / EVALUATE INVENTIONS

1) Put the verbs in the correct form: WILL/ WON´T OR THE SIMPLE PRESENT.

a)If we........[run out] of oil, we........[need] other kinds of energy.
b) Pollution.....[increase] if we....[use] more oil and coal.
c) If pollution.....[increase], more and more trees......[die]
d) The climate......[change] if more trees.....[die]
e)If we.....[try] to control pollution, it......[be] very expensive.
f)If WE......[not control] pollution soon,it.......[be] too late.

2) Complete the paragraph below with the verbs in brackets.

What WOULD a woman DO if she KNEW a thief was trying to steal her purse?
If she...........[know] the thief was there, she.......[tell] him to go away.
She........[move] her purse and perhaps she.......[call] the police.
What.....the boy......[do]if he....[know] the policemen were nearby?
If he......[know] he.......[not try] to take the woman´s purse.
Perhaps he........[run] away if he........[see] them.

4) Find the endings, put the verbs in the correct form.

1-I´d give up work [ ] if it......[be] a nice day tomorrow.
2-we´ll go for a picnic [ ] if I.....[not have] such a big nose.
3-If I took more exercise [ ] the world......[be] a better place.
4-I´ll watch TV tonight [ ] I....[go] to the concert next week.
5-I´d be better-looking [ ] if I.....[be] a millionaire.
6-If people weren´t so ]greedy [ ] if I.....[not go] out.
7-If I can get a ticket. [ ] I....[not be] so unfit.

EXERCISES GOT FROM "THE HEINEMANN ENLGISH GRAMMAR - An Intermediate Reference and Practice Book."

ANSWERS POSTED IN THE COMMENTS OF I4- THE PRINTING PRESS / REINVENT THE WHEEL.

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