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UNIT 8

PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AFTER DIVORCE

If your child was born during your marriage or registered partnership, you will
usually keep joint parental responsibility after divorce. If you don’t want joint
parental responsibility to continue, you will ask the court to give
responsibility to just one of the parents. The court will decide which
parent gets responsibility.

If you have more than one child, the court will decide on responsibility for
each child separately. A child of 12 or over can ask the court to grant
responsibility to one of the parents. This parent will be liable for the child’s
maintenance until the child is 21.

The court must ask children aged 12 and over to give their opinion when it
takes a decision on parental responsibility. Younger children do not have to be
asked for their opinion. Children aged 12 and over whose parents seek a
divorce are automatically told when they are expected to appear in court. It is
up to the child to decide whether they want to go to the hearing. The child has
the right to be heard. This means they can tell the court what they think about
certain matters relating to the break-up. If a child under 12 asks to be heard,
the court will invite them to attend the hearing.

a. Yes, he can.
Can a child under b. The court will decide if they are many.
12 ask the court to c. No, he can’t.
grant d. He can ask to be heard.
responsibility to e. None of them
one of the parents? a)

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CONDITIONAL ONE IN THE FUTURE (FIRST

CONDITIONAL)

A. EXERCISE. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE THE FIRST

CONDITIONAL SENTENCE.

1. If I ___________ time tonight, I will finish the novel that I am reading.

a. will have
b. am having
c. have
d. has

2. If he calls me "lazy" again, I ________ help him when he is in trouble.

a. won't
b. am
c. don't
d. can't

3. If David ________ answer my phone this time I ________ call him again.
a. won't / doesn't
b. doesn't / won't
c. won't / don't
d. isn't / won't

4. Choose the correct sentence.

a. If you won't try harder, you will fail.
b. You are late if you won't leave now.
c. If the game is good I am playing it.
d. If the sun shines I will go swimming.

5. Put the words into the correct order. "If, her mother, exams, happy, be, Jane,
passes, will, her,

a. If her mother be happy Jane will passes her exams.

b. If Jane will be happy her mother passes her exams.
c. If Jane passes her exams, her mother will be happy.
d. If Jane will passes her exams her mother are happy.

6. If you eat to much junk food you ____________ fatter.

will become
a. become
b. are becoming
c. became

7. I will stay in bad If I ________________ well tomorrow.

a. won't feel
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b. felt
c. don't feel
d. not feel

8. If you __________ by plane it ____________ 2 hours.

a. are going / will take
b. go / will take
c. will go / take
d. won't go / don't take

9. What is wrong with this sentence? "My uncle will buy a car if he have enough
money."
a. "will buy" must be "buy"
b. "have" must be "has"
c. "have" must be "will have"
d. "will buy" must be "buys"

10. I will leave early ______________________.

a. if I will finish my work
b. if I am finish my work
c. if I finish my work
d. if I won't finish my work

B. EXERCISE. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE THE FIRST

CONDITIONAL SENTENCE.

1. I will go to the cinema if I ____________ well in my English test.

a. will do
b. doing
c. do
d. did

2. What ______________ if you don't do well in the test?

a. will happen
b. happened
c. happens
d. is happen

3. If it _________ a comedy, I won't watch the film.

a. doesn't
b. isn't
c. won't / doesn't be
d. isn't / won't be

4. If you __________ carefully, you __________ have an accident.

a. will drive / don't
b. drive / aren't
c. will drive / not
d. drive / won't
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5. Choose the correct conditional sentence according to this sentence: "I must run
faster or I will lose the race."
a. If I must run faster, I will lose the race.
b. If I run faster, I will lose the race.
c. If I run faster, I will win the race.
d. If I don't run faster, I will win the race.

6. If I ________ clean the garage, my father ______ give me any money.

a. don't / won't
b. am / will
c. won't / doesn't
d. am not / isn't

7. If your dad's old games __________ work on your new computer, what _______
you do?
a. doesn't / will
b. won't / do
c. aren't / will
d. don't / will

8. My parents will help me if they ___________ too busy.

a. aren't
b. won't be
c. aren't be
d. don't

9. If Jenny is free tonight, I ______ ask her to come the cinema.

a. am
b. will
c. don't
d. will be

10. If there _______ any milk in the fridge I ____________ and buy some.
a. is / go
b. be / will go
c. isn't / will go
d. isn't / don't go

C. EXERCISE. EXERCISE. CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE

THE FIRST CONDITIONAL SENTENCE.

1. If you _________ greasy food, you will become fat.

a. eat
b. will eat

2. If your sister goes to Paris, she _________ a good time.

a. has
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b. will have

3. If he _________ that, he will be sorry.

a. will do
b. does

4. If I leave now, I ________ in New York by 8:00 PM.

a. will arrive
b. arrive

5. You ________ on your test if you don't study.

a. won't do well
b. don't do well

6. They won't know the truth if you ________ them.

a. won't tell
b. don't tell

7. If I bake a cake, ________ have some?

a. will you
b. do you

8. If he ________ you, will you answer the phone?

a. will call
b. calls

9. If you don't go to the party, I ________ very upset.

a. am
b. will be

10. If you get a haircut, you ________ much better.

a. will look
b. look

D. EXERCISE. COMPLETE THE SENTENCE TO FORM THE FIRST

CONDITIONAL.

1. If I _______ (go) out tonight, I _______ (go) to the cinema.

2) If you _______ (get) back late, I _______ (be) angry.

3) If we _______ (not/see) each other tomorrow, we _______ (see) each other next
week.

4) If he _______ (come) , I _______ (be) surprised.

5) If we _______ (wait) here, we _______ (be) late.

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6) If we _______ (go) on holiday this summer, we _______ (go) to Spain.

7) If the weather _______ (not/improve) , we _______ (not/have) a picnic.

8) If I _______ (not/go) to bed early, I _______ (be) tired tomorrow.

9) If we _______ (eat) all this cake, we _______ (feel) sick.

10) If you _______ (not/want) to go out, I _______ (cook) dinner at home.

F. EXERCISE. COMPLETE THE SENTENCE TO FORM THE FIRST

CONDITIONAL.

a) If you ________ (help) me with my homework, I ________ (finish) it in time to

go to the cinema.

b) If it ________ (not/rain), the students ________ (practice) sport in the

playground.

c) Jane ________ (come) home early if she ________ (not/be) very busy at work.

d) Our teacher ________ (be) pleased if we ________ (do) our homework.

e) If Robert ________ (play) football with us, we ________ (win) the match.

f) If we ________ (recycle) more, we ________ (help) our planet.

g) If people ________ (share) their cars to go to work, there ________ (not/be) so

many car fumes.

h) We ________ (save) thousands of trees if we ________ (waste) so much paper.

i) If the government ________ (fine) those who pollute the atmosphere, some
factories ________ (stop) throwing waste into rivers.

j) If we only ________ (use) the water we need, we ________ (contribute) to our

planet's recovery.
G. READING CONTROL. READ THE TEXT AND GIVE YOUR OPINION
ABOUT A WITNESS WHO LIES.
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If while being sworn in as a witness in court, when asked if I swear to tell the
truth and I say no, what would happen? To some extent, it depends on your
relationship to the litigation.
(1) If you’re one of the parties and you’re on the stand to present your side of
the case, then the only thing that would happen is that the judge wouldn’t allow
you to testify. The fact that you can’t tell your story to the jury carries its own
“punishment.”
 The opposing party gets to tell their story to the jury directly. You don’t.
You also lose a ton of credibility with the jury when you get on the witness
stand, refuse to promise to tell the truth, and the judge sends you back to your
seat. Effectively, you’re inviting the jury to rule against you.

(2) If you’re a non-party witness who has been subpoenaed to testify, then the
judge will not permit you to testify and any of the following things may
happen.
 You can be held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with the
subpoena.

 In most US jurisdictions, the judge can send you to jail until you agree to
testify — which includes taking the witness’s oath.

 In most US jurisdictions, the judge can fine you a certain amount of money
every day until you agree to testify.

 The party that subpoenaed you will give you a wedgie in the hallway
outside of the courtroom. (Not really. But they’ll want to.)