- •Conditionals
- •2 Unless means if not.
- •4 We do not usually use will, would or should in an if-clause.
- •Exercises
- •I Match the following parts of the sentences
- •III Choose the correct form of the verbs: right/wrong.
- •IV Translate the sentences from Russian into English
- •Exercises
- •I Ann doesn’t like her house. Write what she wishes.
- •II Kate wants things to be different in the future. Write what she wishes.
- •I want my father to give me more pocket money. I want my brothers to stop fighting. I don’t want my mother to make me to eat vegetables. I don’t want my sister to wear my clothes.
- •III Ted regrets what he did or didn’t do. Write what he wishes.
- •IV Fill in: wish about the present, regret about the past, wish about the future; then write what the people wish.
- •V Read what Hilda says and write what she wishes.
- •VI Write what these people wish they had or hadn’t done.
- •VIII Using the bold type in the sentences, write wishes.
- •Conditionals
- •Exercises
- •II. Use Thomas’s thoughts to write conditionals. State the types of conditionals (real present, unreal present, unreal past). Thomas is on a desert island and he is thinking.
- •III. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
III Choose the correct form of the verbs: right/wrong.
1 If I don’t feel/won’t feel well tomorrow, I stay/I’ll stay at home.
2 If the weather is/will be nice tomorrow, we can go to the beach.
3 It will be hard to find a hotel if we arrive/will arrive late.
4 The alarm will ring if there is/will be a fire.
5 I am/will be surprised if they get/will get married.
6 Do you go/will go to the party if they invite/will invite you?
7 If I am/will be late this evening, don’t wait for me.
8 What would we do, if it rains/will be raining.
9 I’ll be able to understand you, if you speak/will speak slowly.
IV Translate the sentences from Russian into English
1. Если мы сможем разрешить экологические проблемы, мы спасём землю.
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2. Люди будут более здоровыми, если загрязнение воздуха будет остановлено.
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3. Если разные страны будут испытывать ядерное оружие, это вызовет радиоактивное загрязнение.
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4. Если фабрики будут сливать отходы в реки, вода в них будет отравлена.
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5. Мы выживем, если будем защищать природу все вместе.
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6. Когда поедешь на юг, постарайся не находиться под прямыми лучами солнца долго.
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7. Когда мы будем участвовать в теле-шоу, мы будем обсуждать экологические проблемы.
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8. Когда экология станет лучше, животные вернутся в места своего обитания.
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WISHES
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FORM |
USE |
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I wish (if only) (wish about the present)
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+ Past Simple
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We express a wish about a present situation which we want to be different. |
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I wish he was/were with us now. |
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I wish (if only) (wish about the present) |
+ subject + could + bare infinitive |
We use this pattern for a wish or regret in the present concerning lack of ability. |
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I wish he could learn faster.
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I wish (if only) (wish about the future) |
+ subject + would + bare infinitive (we never say: I wish I would) |
We express a wish for a change in the future. |
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I wish he would stop drinking so much. |
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I wish (if only) (regret about the past)
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+ Past Perfect |
We express a regret or a wish that something happened or didn’t happen in the past.
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I wish he hadn’t failed his test. |
1. ‘If only’ means the same as ‘I wish’ but it is more emphatic.
I wish he could help me. If only he could help me. (stronger, more emphatic)
2. After ‘I wish’ we may use ‘were’ instead of ‘was’ in all persons.
I wish I was/were rich.