Conditional sentences

Finish each of the following sentences in such as way that it means exactly
the same as the sentence printed before it.
1. You can’t visit the United States unless you get a visa.
If you
……………………………………………………………………………
….
2. David has so many accidents because he is so clumsy.
If David
…………………………………………………………………………….
3. I’m so busy, so I don’t write to my friends regularly.
If I
……………………………………………………………………………
……..
4. You should go to see the doctor right now.
If I
……………………………………………………………………………
……..
5. You will catch cold if you don’t keep your feet dry.
Unless you
……………………………………………………………………….....
6. He didn’t hurry, so he missed the last train.
If he
……………………………………………………………………………
…...
7. You mush hurry or we’ll miss the last train.
Unless you
………………………………………………………………………….
8. He’s fat because he doesn’t take any exercises.
But if
……………………………………………………………………………
…..
9. We can avoid waiting by booking the tickets in advance.
If we
……………………………………………………………………………
……
10. If she doesn’t follow a stricter diet, she won’t lose any weight.
Unless
……………………………………………………………………………
….
 11.We didn’t follow the instruction, that’s why we lost.
If we
had…………………………………………………………………………....
12.You should give up smoking to improve health.
If
I………………………………………………………………………………
…..
13. My husband didn’t leave the car key, so I couldn’t pick him up at the
station.
If…………………………………………………………………………
………….
14. If you want my advice, you should forget about buying a new house.
If I
……………………………………………………………………………
……..
15. If it doesn’t rain soon, millions of pounds’ worth of crops will be lost.
16. It was his own fault that he lost his job. He was late for work every
morning.
If
……………………………………………………………………………
……….
17. I’ll help you if you promise to try harder.
Unless
……………………………………………………………………………
….
18. I’m having a lot of trouble now because I wasn’t thinking.
If I
……………………………………………………………………………
……...
Passive voice

1. Guided sentence building

1. This radio/ repair/ several times/ this year.
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2. The letter/ must/ write/ English.
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3. Their car/ steal/ a few weeks ago/ it/ not find/ yet.
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4. Lot/ new books/ sell/ that bookshop/ recently?
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5. All/ them/ catch/ police/ by tonight.
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6. When/ I/ first/ come/ town/ hotel/ build.
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7. I/ have/ eyes/ examine/ next Monday.
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8. Switches/ should/ turn off/ before/ leave/ workshop.
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9. They/ have/ house/ paint/ white/ now.
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10. Building/ upgrade/ next year.
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2. Rewrite the following sentences using the passive voice
1. We use this room only on special occasion.
This room ……………………………………………..
2. They are pulling down the old theater.
The old ………………………………………………...
3. People often bring their children along when they go on holiday.

………………………………………………………
4. Has someone posted my parcel?
Has …………………………………………………
5. You should take those books back to the library right now.
Those books ……………………………………….
6. All the ministers will see him off at the airport.
He will ……………………………………………..
7. No one has taken the table away.
The table …………………………………………...
8. People say he has been in France.
He is ………………………………………………..
9. Sally’s parents gave her a micro-computer for her birthday.
Sally ………………………………………………….
10. Mr Jones mended the washing machine for me.
I ………………………………………………………
11. Henry found a wallet with no name in it.
A wallet ………………………………………………
12. We must call for the doctor.
The doctor ……………………………………………
13. They will have to postpone the date of the picnic.
The date ……………………………………………..
14. People believe that he broke into my house last night.
He …………………………………………………..
15. Our teachers often make us do a lot of homework.
We ………………………………………………….
Comparisons
1. rewrite the following sentences using the given words so that they
have similar meanings to the origin sentences
1. He couldn’t find a cheaper computer.
That was ………………………………………
2. None of my colleagues are more hardworking than Betty.

Betty …………………………………………..
3. Helen can play the piano better than Elizabeth.
Elizabeth ………………………………………
4. She is a slower and more careful driver than I am.
She drives ……………………………………..
5. I have never seen a dirtier-looking dog.
This is …………………………………………
6. Apples are usually cheaper than oranges.
Apples are not ………………………………..
7. He speaks more persuasively than his brother.
He is a ………………………………………..
8. I can’t cook as well as my mother does.
My mother ……………………………………
9. Have you got a cheaper carpet than this?
Is this …………………………………………
10. Jack doesn’t play tennis as well as he used to.
Jack used ……………………………………..
2. fill in each of the numbered blank in the following passage with one
suitable word.

In my childhood, the whole family would sometimes go on a diet. Not

that we were all oversize; far from (1)……………In fact, one of my
brother was and still one of the thinnest people I have (2)……………
known. The reason for all this dieting was partly my father’s health
and (3)…………..my mother’s strange ideas. My father hed heart
trouble for quite some time and the doctor advised him to cut (4)
…………on fats and smoking. My mother took this as a sign that all
of us should restrain (5)………..from overeating and she immediately
cut our food portions into half. My brothers and I were (6)
……….hungry that we had to spend our pocket money (7)…………
cream cakes. We need not have worried though. After only a week,
we surprised our mother secretly eating a slice of fruit cake in the
kitchen. We teased her about this, and my father said life wasn’t (8)
………..living unless you (9)………..eat whatever you wanted. So
she agreed (10)……..start cooking more. you wanted. So she agreed
(10)……..start cooking more.

RELATIVE CLAUSE

1. Guided sentence building

1. The man / you / just / see / my uncle

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2. The women / live / next door / doctor

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3. She / stop/ one counter / sell / different kinds / skirts

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4. She / enter / big shop / where / many customers / come in / go out

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5. One / the girls / word / that company / die

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 6. He / take / us / the town / we / can see / old temples

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7. He / the man / whose son / I / once teach

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8. Some / the boys / I / invite / not come

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9. The hotel / we / stay / last summer / be / very expensive

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10. film star / give / friend / party / cost $10,000

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2. fill in the blank with a suitable word or phrase from the box
below
afford how on come able big enough

in borrow what ere you even so lend

from prevent mustn’t to reach keep in individual

protest reaching will come forbid have you been have his car washes

so big being invited capable didn’t with one of the

longest

single inviting be in the longer criticism do

1. The car was so expensive that I cuoldn’t ………..it

2. No thing will prevent him…………..succeeding

3. Our country is rich……………..natural resources

4. He came to the party without ……………………

5. His salary is not…………to support the whole family

6. There’s been a lot of………….against nuclear weapons

7. She did all the work………....her own

8. Although we have a large number of students.each one

receives….........................attention

9. She wondered…………….her father looked like after so many years away

10.Banks only…………money if they are sure it will be paid back

11.I tried to………………them from going. But they wouldn’t take my notice

12.Who was the first person……………the South pole?

13.He had to leave early,…………..he?

I’ll show you around the city, When you……………to visit me

15.This bomb is………….of deschoying an entire city

16.I know it’s not sunny now,……………I shall take my sun glasses

17.I should like to…………touch with old friends, but I have so little time

18.John wsnta to………………….

19.Golden gate is…………….suspended bridges in the world