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I wish or If only.

A. Three men got into trouble while climbing up a mountain in the Highlands, Scotland.

  1. Jack wasn't careful and he didn't notice the path was slippery.

  2. Jack broke his leg, but the men didn't take the medicine and he felt terribly awful.

  3. They didn't bring a radio and they weren't able to contact the rescue service.

  4. The mist didn't clear and the helicopter didn't spot them.

5.None of them learnt First Aid and they didn't know what to do when the accident happened.

B. Paul is at the informal party. Use the following information to express Paul’s thoughts.

1. He doesn’t know anyone.

2. He’s sorry he didn’t stay at home.

3. He feels nervous.

4. He’s sorry he has put on a suit.

5. He’s sorry he is not wearing jeans.

6. He doesn’t have much self-confidence.

7. He can’t dance.

Exercise 6. Say that there was a reason that somebody failed to do it.

Example: We didn't start earlier because there was a storm.

But for the storm we would have started earlier.

1. Jacob didn't accept a promising offer because his new job meant moving to another area. 2. George lost his job after making an unfortunate remark about his boss's wife. 3. She had to change the job because she kept up a war of words with her line manager. 4. When the shares were offered, market prices everywhere were falling, so the company didn't get as much as it had been hoped. 5. Our economy didn't catch up with the mighty Western economies because there was a civil war in the mid-80s. 6. A Scottish regional council decided to add fluoride chemical to the public water supply. Mrs. McColl disliked the fluoride issue, so she complained to the newspapers. 7. When local water officials visited Mrs. McColl to clear up the question, she had a physical battle with them, so she was arrested. 8. Almost everyone was in Court, excluding Mrs. McColl who was at home with a stomach upset.

Exercise 7. Complete the following Type III Conditional sentences.

Example: If I had been ill, I ... (call/a doctor)

If I had been ill, I would have called a doctor.

  1. If I had had a heart attack, I... (see/a specialist).

2. If I'd had a headache, I... (take/aspirin).

3. If I had been suffering from toothache, I ... (visit/ the dentist).

4. If I had broken my leg, I... (go/hospital).

5. If I'd cut myself badly, I... (use/a bandage).

6. If I had felt sea-sick, I ... (swallow/a pill).

7. If I had been feeling dizzy, I... (have/a lie-down).

8. If I'd seen an accident, I... (dial/999).

9. If I had had a stomach upset, I ... (call/a doctor).

10. If I'd had my eye damaged, I... (visit/an eye doctor).

E xercise 8. Here are a number of events which affected the course of world history. Speculate what might have happened if these events had not taken place. Try to imagine several consequences of each event and what would have happened if all these things had not happened.

2,000,000,000 BC First life on earth

20,000 BC First writing

8,000 BC Wheel invented

5,000 BC Britain became an island

800 AD Paper money first used

1327 Guns first used in battle

1492 Columbus discovered America

1556 Tobacco introduced to Europe

1815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo

1818 Karl Marx born

1865 Lincoln abolished slavery in USA

1875 Bell invented the telephone

1879 Edison invented the electric light

1908 Ford started mass production of Model T car

1917 Revolution in Russia

1920 Einstein published theory of relativity

1926 Baird invented television

1945 First use of atomic bomb in war

1956 John Lennon met Paul McCartney

1969 Armstrong stepped onto the Moon

1972 Britain joined the EEC

Exercise 9. Translate these sentences into English using Conditional Type III.

1. "Правда, що твій двоюрідний брат знову втратив роботу?" "На жаль, це так. Якби він умів тримати язик за зубами й не сказав гидоту про дружину свого боса, він би не втратив роботу." 2. Якби ви одразу як треба обговорили умови контракту, усі будматеріали були б доставлені в строк. 3. Якби хлопці послухалися ради досвідчених альпіністів, вони б не почали сходження на цей пік у таку погоду. І навіть коли стався нещасний випадок, їх могли б урятувати. По-перше, якби вони, взяли радіо, щоб зв'язатися з рятувальною службою; по-друге, якби хто-небудь із хлопців знав, як надавати першу медичну допомогу, вони б змогли зупинити втрату крові в товариша; по-третє, якби вони взяли більше продуктів, вони б не втратили стільки сил, коли вирішили спуститися вниз самостійно. Інакше кажучи, хлопці могли б протриматися до приходу рятувальників.