Exercises:

22. Read the story. The Story of Hamlet

Hamlet was the Prince of Denmark. His father died and his mother, Gertrude, soon married his uncle Claudius. Because Claudius had married the Queen, he became King of Denmark. The ghost of Hamlet's father comes to Hamlet and says that Claudius killed him. At first Hamlet wants to kill his uncle Claudius. But he is very indecisive and doesn't do it. He tells some actors to act out the murder of his father. The actors act out the murder and everyone can see from Claudius's face that he really is the murderer. But still Hamlet does nothing. Hamlet is losing interest in his girlfriend Ophelia. Ophelia's father Polonius is a bit of a fool who keeps giving everybody advice they do not want. One day Hamlet is talking to Gertrude and he hears a noise behind a curtain. He takes out his sword and kills the man behind the curtain. It is Polonius. Ophelia goes mad. Hamlet gets into a swordfight with Laertes, Ophelia's brother. During the swordfight Hamlet is killed.

23. Now write conditional sentences following the chart.

Model: If Hamlet’s father hadn’t died, his mother Gertrude wouldn’t have remarried.

Father not die
	Hamlet not hear a noise
Gertrude not remarry
	Hamlet not kill Polonius
Claudius not become king
	Ophelia not go mad
Ghost not appear to Hamlet
	Hamlet not fight with Laertes
Hamlet not know about the murder
	Laertes not kill Hamlet
Polonius not stand behind the curtain

24. Write a past conditional sentence for each situation.

1. Yesterday began as a terrible day for Chris. He didn’t hear the alarm clock, so he got up late. – If he had heard the alarm clock, he would have got up on time.

2. He usually reads the paper in the morning, but he didn’t yesterday. – He would have read the paper if he hadn’t got up late.

3. He was really late, so he decided to drive instead of taking the bus.

4. He was worried about being late, and he didn’t close the house door properly.

5. He saw it was open, and got out of the car to close it.

6. In his hurry, he locked the car with the keys inside.

7. He ran back into the house to get the other car keys, and knocked a jar of jam all over the kitchen.

8. The main road to his office was closed for repairs – it had been in the paper that morning, but he hadn’t read the paper.

9. When he finally got to work, he was really late, and there were no more places in his office car park.

10. He spent twenty minutes looking for a parking place. He should have taken a bus!

11. His boss thought he was ill and gave some of his work to his colleague Janice.

12. When he walked into his office, the boss gave him a new project, working with a firm of architects.

13. He was surprised to find out that the receptionist at the architect’s was an old school friend that he hadn’t seen for years; he was delighted that the boss hadn’t given the job to someone else.

14. The boss said she had meant to give the project to Janice, but gave it to Chris because Janice had already started on his old project.