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Extra Grammar Exercises

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LESSON 1 The unreal conditional: Review and expansion

1 Complete the sentences in the present unreal conditional. Use would.

1. If I were (I / be) you, I would get
(I / get) a new coffeemaker. The Coffee Machine is on sale.

2. What time (you / go) to sleep if

(you / not / have to) get up to go to work?

3. If (we / know) Margaret’s e-mail address,

(we / send) her an invitation.

4. (you / get) the new Banana tablet if

(the price / be) right?

5. Who (you / tell) if

(you / see) someone steal something in a store?

6. Where (Mark / go) if

(he / have) a one-month vacation?

7. (you / take) your children to the new action film

if (it / not / be) too violent?

8. Do you think (more people / get) plastic surgery if

(no one / know)?

9. If (it / not / be) very expensive to join a health

club, (most people / join)?

10. If (you / not / have to) work,

(you / stay) home?

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 2 Rewrite the present unreal conditional sentences, correcting the errors.
1. How would you get to the movies if there will be a lot of traffic?
How would you get to the movies if there were a lot of traffic?

2. If the weather would be good, will you take the day off?

3. Would you drive a colleague home from work if he or she would be sick?

4. What would most people eat for dinner if they will want to lose weight?

5. Will people have fewer accidents if they didn’t talk on the phone when they drove?

3 Rewrite the unreal conditional sentences, reversing the order of the clauses.
1. She would have acupuncture if she had a lot of back pain.
If she had a lot of back pain, she would have acupuncture.

2. Would a vegetarian eat meat if there were nothing else to eat?

3. Would you rent a car if you took a trip to London?

4. If there weren’t a good movie at the Uptown Theater, I wouldn’t go out tonight.

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