TASK: Read this group of stories and do the exercises given below:

Story 4

A bank worker in San Francisco decided to take his Siamese cat,

Morris, into work with him one day. While the man was speaking on
the telephone, Morris walked across the keyboard of his computer
and accidently keyed in a secret code that deleted files worth
100,000 dollars. As you can imagine, the man’s employers were not
amused.

Story 5

While traveling in the north of England some

years ago, my husband and I stopped in a quiet place
for a picnic and played some Mozart on a CD player.
After a few minutes we looked up and realized that we
were surrounded by cows who were listening to the
music. When the Mozart was finished, we put on CD
of modern music. The cows immediately turned round
and walked off.

Story 6

People say that fish are cold, but this story proves that
they have feelings too.
A friend was moving to another country, so we took
her pet goldfish and put it in a bowl with our goldfish. They
lived together for six months, and the friend came back, we
separated them again, and she took her goldfish home.
I immediately noticed that my goldfish was behaving
strangely, banging against the side of the bowl. The next
morning he was floating on the surface, dead. Later that day
my friend phoned to say that her goldfish was also dead.
I believe they died of a broken heart.
 I.
1. What about your pets? Do they like listening to classical music?

2. People become more responsible when keeping pets. Do you agree?

3. What would you do if you were the owner of those 2 poor fish?

II. Complete the sentences:

a. If the banker hadn’t taken his cat to work, ________________________

b. If the tourists hadn’t put the modern music, _______________________

c. If the owners of the fish hadn’t separated them, ____________________

IF CLAUSES – TYPES 1 AND 2

1. Fill in the blanks with the adequate tense of the verbs in brackets. Bear in
mind that these sentences can be If clauses – type 1 OR 2.

a) If I _________________ (win) the lottery, I would buy a desert

island.
b) If Rachel doesn’t stop eating junk food, she
___________________ (get) fat.

c) If you ______________________ (not insist) on taking a bath, we

wouldn’t miss the beginning of the play.

d) I _________________________ (not go away) if you don’t admit you are wrong.

e) Mary will take the job if they _______________ (let) her work at home.
f) If they _____________________ (not / hurry up), we will miss the bus.
g) We will have to leave the house if we __________________ (not pay) the rent.
h) She wouldn’t accuse you if Jack ______________ (not lie) about the robbery.
i) Sam would certainly get the job if he ______________________ (know) how to
work with the computer.
j) If he felt really sick, he ________________________ (go) to the doctor.
2- Begin the sentences below with unless. Make any necessary changes.

a) If you don’t pay the bill, I’ll call the police.

Unless_____________________________________________________________________
b) If they don’t practise a lot, they will lose the game.
___________________________________________________________________________
c) If he doesn’t work hard, he won’t pass the examination.
___________________________________________________________________________
d) I’ll miss the train if I don’t go now.
___________________________________________________________________________
e) Don’t tell her anything if she doesn’t ask you.
___________________________________________________________________________
f) If she doesn’t answer the phone, leave her a message.
____________________________________________________________________________
 ZERO AND FIRST CONDITIONALS
Hi! My name is Marco. I will tell you some things about myself. Well, let’s start. I will tell you about the things I
love doing. I like to do sports because if I don´t do sports, I get bored. I think that if I stay fit, I won’t get sick. At
school I like Science. I know that if I study Science, I will be a doctor some day! I also love eating Mexican food
and I always say that if I eat “tacos Mexicanos”, I am really happy. I love that
dish!
I live with my mother. She is a very healthy woman. She does a lot of sports and she
eats healthy food. She says that if she eats vegetables and fruits every day, she will
be more than 90 years old. She also drinks a lot of water. She says that if we don’t
drink enough water, we get ill.
Every summer, my mother and I go to the beach. We really enjoy the sand and the
sun. And if it doesn’t rain, we swim in the sea. We love swimming.
Try to find in the text
• Two zero conditional sentences (underline them)
• Two first conditional sentences (circle them)

Complete the rule with “ZERO” or “FIRST”

• We use _____________ to talk about REAL, FUTURE conditions and its PROBABLE result.
• We use _____________ to talk about a CERTAIN CONSEQUENCE that is the result of another
action.

Look at the examples and complete the structure with the words in the box.

Zero Conditional First Conditional

Condition Result Condition Result
If you heat ice, it melts. If it rains, I will stay at home.

ZERO CONDITIONAL
➢ If subject ____________________ + subject ____________________.
PRESENT SIMPLE
FIRST CONDTIONAL (x3)
➢ If subject ____________________ + subject ____________________. FUTURE WILL

Read the text again and answer

What is the text about? (tick the correct answer)
a. Marco’s routine
b. Marco’s likes and preferences
c. Marco’s mother

According to Marco… (answer the questions with complete answers)

What happens if he doesn’t do sports? __________________________________________
What will happen if he doesn’t stay fit?
____________________________________________
How does he feel if he eats Mexican tacos?
_________________________________________
According to Marco’s mother…
What will happen if she eats vegetables and fruits every day?
__________________________
What happens if we don’t drink enough water? __________________________________
What do they do if it doesn’t rain in the beach?
________________________________________
 Past Unreal Conditional
We use if + past perfect , would have + past
participle for unreal situations in the past.
If we had played well, we would have won the game.

I Write sentences about what happened when Sam Brown went for an interview. Use past
unreal conditional.