Grammar Exercises

Ex. 1. Read and study the Grammar Focus( pp.110)

Ex. 2. Read and translate the joke; do the task after it.

If you had told her

Friend: Why haven’t you told Margaret about your rich uncle? She wouldn’t have refused to marry you, if you had told her what a rich uncle you have.

Fred: Bur I have told her about him. And now she is my aunt.

Choose a) or b) to express what Fred’s friends thought:

1. Margaret would have married Fred if he had not told her that he had a rich uncle.

b) Margaret would have married Fred if he had told her that he had a rich uncle.

Ex. 3. Make orally as many sentences as possible and translate them into Ukrainian.

If-clause	Main clause
If + S + Had + V3 … , (past perfect)	S would have + V3 … should (past participle) could might

If the weather had been fine last Tuesday, we would have gone to the stadium.

If

I You Tom Mary We

had

lived in the south came home late lived in the country gone to the concert received his letter fallen ill found my book lost my money

yesterday last month last year

I you he she we they

wuld have

bathed every day gone to bed at once often gone to the wood listened to the music been very happy gone to the doctor been very glad been very sorry asked his advice

Ex. 4. Put the verbs into the correct form.

1. If Jane had seen Tom, she (inform) him that the postman had dropped a notification card into his letter box.

2. If they (ring) their parents up in time, they wouldn’t have worried all the night.

3. If Ms Watkins (know) that the Winstons had telephoned, she would have telephoned them back right that day away.

4. If I had known it was going to rain, I (call) a taxi.

Ex. 5. Write a number of true sentences about yourself, friends or relatives, like this: “I watched a film on television last night, and it was terrible! I wouldn’t have watched it if I had known.”

Ex. 6. Decide whether the sentences are in present condition or untrue (past) condition and put the verb in the correct tense form.

1. I could understand the English speaker on the phone, if he (speak) more slowly.

2. If Molly had come back already, she (call) us.

3. If I have a videophone, I (can see and hear) at the same time when speaking.

4. If you (buy) a fax, you wouldn’t have spent so much money and time all recent months.

5. If Tomas (be) him, he would buy an Ericsson model.

6. If I were you, I (may send) this printed matter only by the surface mail, time isn’t very important in this case.

7. If Mary (can) contact the corporation without any address details, she wouldn’t ask you to give them to her.

8. If I’d seen that telegram, I (be) upset then. Fortunately, I didn’t see it.

9. It would be helpful if you (use) the e-mail method of sending messages.

10. They would post a registered letter, if they (can) cover the postage.

11. If we (live) during the XYIIIth century, we couldn’t use telephones and Internet.

12. If any of my friends (send) me some dollars, I will certainly be pleased.

13. He would give me the sum of money, if he (have) it.

14. If modern means of communication (be) available in their office, he’d have contacted you right then.

15) I’ll accept the invitation, if I (be) sent a formal invitation card.

Unit IV

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