UNIT 5 MINDSET 1

Write these sentences putting the verbs in brackets into the correct tense

THE ZERO CONDITIONAL

a) When someone feels embarrassed his face.....................(go) red.

b) If you two.........................(speak) at the same time I can't understand you.
c) If you select reverse gear, the car.............................(go) backwards.

d) If you heat water at 100º C. it.......................................................(boil).

e) If you........................................................................ .....(fill) a balloon with hot
air it rises.

f) When a person....................(do) exercise his blood pressure gets higher.

THE FIRST CONDITIONAL

g) If the prices are high, we..........................(have) dinner in another restaurant.

h) Her parents will be worried if she...........................(get) home after midnight.
i) If you insult him, he...................................................(lose) his temper.

j) ………….....................................(you/help) me if I get into financial difficulty?

k) If the Government increase taxes, the workers...........................(go) on

strike.

l) If the weather..........................(be) cold we won ' t go to the beach.

THE SECOND CONDITIONAL

m) If I.....................................................(be) taller I would play basketball.

n) What.............................................(you/do) if you won one million pounds?
o) If she............................................(work) harder she would pass her exams.
p) If she asked me I..................................................(lend) her some money.
q) He.............................(not have) so many accidents if he drove more
carefully.

r) If I.................................(live) in London I would speak better English.

THE THIRD CONDITIONAL

s) If I.……………........................................(not meet) my wife I wouldn't have got

married.

t) Our neighbours.........................................(not complain) if you had turned

down the radio.

u) If they..........................................(sleep) more hours they wouldn’t have been

so tired.

v) ………….....................(do) the military service if you had been born one year
earlier?

w) If you had come to my party you..............................................(enjoy) it a lot.

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 x) What.....................................................(study) if you had gone to university?

UNIT 5 More Practice: Vocabulary

1 Match the sentences in A to the words they describe in B.

1 Malali came here from her country to be safe.

2 This neighbourhood is poor, overcrowded and unsafe.

3 Everyone had to remain in their homes at night.

4 The event was made possible because of financial help from the
government.

5 Many people didn t want to hire him because he came from a poor country.

...... a curfew

...... b prejudice

...... c refugee

...... d slum

...... e funding

2 Complete the text with the words below. gang ■ risky ■ tackle ■
approach ■ extend ■ patrol ■ launch ■ gather

There has been a problem with crime in our area, so we decided to

1.
............................. a campaign to do something about it. All the neighbours got
together to discuss the problem. It mainly involves a large
2.
............................. of teenagers. Every evening, they 3. ............................. in the
local park and drink. They then damage cars and even break into homes. We
agreed that the best way to 4. ............................. the problem was to hire private
security guards, as the police are too busy with other things. The guards go on
5.
............................. in cars and on foot and, after only two weeks, this
6.
............................. seems to be working. The teenagers reacted aggressively for
the first two nights but soon found out that this was a 7. ............................. way to
behave as the security guards have the right to arrest them. Now people in nearby
areas want the guards to 8. ............................. the area they watch over.

3 Complete the phrases with one word.

People from far and ............................. came to join the protest.

I agree with workers rights, but some unions go ............................. far.

Facilities for young people in this town are few and far ............................. .

The day when many more people realise the dangers of climate change is not
far ............................. .

Unemployment is ............................. far the biggest problem facing our region.

These small protests are a far ............................. from the huge protests that used
to take place.

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 4. Complete the sentences with 1-3 words. Pay attention to the words
in bold.

1 It s important to look out for ............................. .

2 I see we ve run out of ............................. at home.

3 In order to be healthy, try to cut down on ............................. .

4 People often go on strike because they want ............................. .

5 Let s get together and catch up on ............................. .

6 There s a lot of unemployment in this town, so people

are .............................

5. Decide whether the following words or phrases are positive (+) or

negative (-).

1 juvenile delinquency ......

2 take action ......

3 corruption ......

4 homelessness ......

5 wealth ......

6 overcome ......

1. Match the beginnings in A to the endings in B to form a conditional

sentence or time clause. Use the correct form of the verb in
brackets.

1 If you had locked your door,

2 I would increase funding for healthcare

3 If we went on strike,

4 You ll soon run out of money

5 If I work hard at school,

6 They would have got away with the crime

7 As long as there is ignorance,

8 If you feel threatened,

a we ............................. (get) more money.

b if you ............................. (not stop) buying expensive gifts.

c the criminals ............................. (break in).

d if they ............................. (not leave) fingerprints everywhere.

e if I ............................. (be) president.

f I ............................. (be able) to study medicine.

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g there ............................. (be) prejudice ...... h ............................. (go) to the
police.

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use a

conditional or time clause.

I know you re very busy, but what ............................. you ............................. (do) if
you ............................. (have) more free time?

I m really hungry. When the lesson ............................. (finish), I .............................

(eat) my lunch.

If you ............................. (need) some money, I ............................. (lend) you some

this week.

If you ............................. (see) the terrible living conditions they were living in last
year, you ............................. (be) shocked.

He ............................. (not come) to the party if he ............................. (know) that

you were going to be there.

If you ............................. (need) help, ............................. (call) me right away.

3 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in

brackets. Use conditionals and time clauses.

Carol: What 1. ............................. you ............................. (do) if you get the funding
from the government?

Aaron: If we get all the money we asked for, we 2.

............................. (open) a
centre for the homeless. We
3.
............................. (open) one last year if we d had the money. As soon as a
centre opens, there 4. ............................. (be) fewer people sleeping on the streets.

Carol: Why are there so many homeless people nowadays?

Aaron: There are lots of reasons, but most importantly, there aren t enough
affordable homes. If the government 5. ............................. (build) more social
housing, more people would have somewhere to live.

Carol: The people here in this neighbourhood are lucky to have a leader like you.
What
6.
............................. they ............................. (do) if you weren t here to help?

Aaron: If we 7. ............................. (not run) this organisation, I m sure someone else

would do it. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a suitable
verb.

1 If she studied more, she ............................. better marks.

2 I would have understood if someone ............................. it to me.

3 When people have a lot in common, they usually friends.

4 We ll be late if we ............................. now.

5 If we don t take action, nothing ............................. .

6 It s a fact: if you eat less, you ............................. weight.

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 7 She d make more friends if she ............................. friendlier.

5 Complete the sentences with a conditional or time clause. Do not change

the original meaning of the sentence.

1 I lent him money because I trusted him.

If .................................................................................................................................
............. .

2 You need to know the password or you will be denied access.

Unless.......................................................................................................................
..................

3 I didn t go to the performance because the tickets were so expensive.

I ..................................................................................................................................
......

4 I won t call you until I finish the work.

When............................................................................................................................
.....

Rewrite the sentences in the first, second or third conditional.

He can’t find his wallet so he’s angry.

(Second conditional) If he could find his wallet, he wouldn’t be angry.

1 In order to lose weight you need to exercise more.

(First conditional) If you want ………………………………………………………………

2 He may be late, but he can meet us at the Blue Note café.

(First conditional) If he’s ……………………………………………………………………

3 An old woman saw him burgle the house. That’s why he’s in prison.

(Third conditional) If she hadn’t ……………………………………………………………

4 He wants to be rich and famous. Then he’ll be happy.

(Second conditional) If he was ………………………………………………………………

5 Dave fell asleep so he missed the end of the film.

(Third conditional) If he hadn’t ……………...………………………………………………..

Translate.

Te lo diré si prometes guardar el secreto. (promise, keep, secret)

Si no hubiera bebido tanto, no habría vomitado. (so much, be sick)

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Si un meteorito entra en nuestra atmósfera, explota. (meteorite, atmosphere,
explode)

Los animales morirán si no llueve. (die)

Si no comes bastante tendrás problemas.

¿Qué harías si tuvieras 18 años?

Esto no pasaría si la gente tuviera más información.

Si no lo entendéis os lo explicare.

Write the correct tense for the following sentences.

a) If you _______________ (watch) the documentary carefully, you wouldn´t have

asked that question.

b) If you ________________ (wear) this wig, nobody would have recognized you.

c) If you go to Spain, where ____________________ (you stay)?

d) I wouldn´t have brought jumper if I (know) _____________ that it was not cold.

e) I´ll get lost if you _____________ (not go) with me.

f) We´ll have to go to the shop if we ______________ (run out) of sugar here. g) What
______________ (you do) if you heard the alarm?

Complete the sentences with the third conditional.

a) If my father _______ (buy) fast food, I _________ (have) _________ dinner outside.

b) If Tom _______ (pay) the fee, he __________(go) ________ to jail.

c) If the police __________(arrive) earlier, they ________ (catch) the thieves.

d) If you __________ (do) your homework, you _________ (go) the party.

e) If Susan __________ (not work) on Saturday, she _______ (come) to the cinema with
us.

f) If Peter ___________ (break) the glass, he _________ (fix) it.

g) If Michael ___________ (know) the secret, he ________ (tell) you.

h) If Jane ________ (not run) inside the house, she ________ (not break) the lamp.

i) If I ___________ (answer) all the questions, I _________ (pass) the test.

j) If the problems _____________ (be) easer, I __________ (solve) them.

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See if you can fill in the gaps using the correct form of the conditional.

a) If it _________ (be) sunny tomorrow, we _______ (go) to the beach.

b) If the 8 o´clock bus __________ (arrive) late, I _______ (get to) work on time.

c) If I __________ (be) you, I __________ (learn) how to cook.

d) If I __________ (win) the lottery, I ______ (leave) my job.

e) If I __________ (go) to that restaurant, I ________ (tell) you what it´s like.

f) If I __________ (find) an envelope with a lot of money in it in the street, I __________

(take) it to the nearest police station.

g) If you ________ (boil) water, it __________ (evaporate)

h) If you ________ (help) me with my homework, I _________ (help) you clean the
kitchen.

i) If I _________ (arrive) late, ______ you _______ my dinner in the oven please?

j) If England __________ the match tonight, they _________ (be) in the semi-finals!

CONDITIONALS (Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses)

1. If I see him I (tell) him all about it.

2. If I had known you were in hospital I (visit) you.

3. He would get fat if he (stop) smoking.

4. Many tourists would come to this country if it (have) a better climate.

5. If I had realized the traffic lights were red I (stop)

6. I (keep) a horse if I had the means to look after him properly.

7. If he (eat) all that he will be ill.

8. What would you do if the lift (get) stuck between two floors?

9. If I (win) a big prize in a lottery I’d give up my job.

10. If we had more rain our crops (grow) faster.

11. If everybody (give) 1€ we would have enough.

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12. If he had known that the river was dangerous he (not try) to swim.

13. If you (paint) the walls white the room would be much brighter.

14. The police (arrest) him if they catch him.

15. If you had left that wasp alone it (not sting) you.

16. If I find your passport I (telephone) you at once.

17. Ice (turn) to water if you heat it.

18. If you (not like) this one I’ll bring you another.

19. If I tell you a secret, you (promise) not to tell?

20. If you pass your examination we (have) a celebration.

21. I (repair) the roof myself if I had a ladder.

22. If she leaves the fish there the cat (get) it.

23. You (not have) so many accidents if you drove more slowly.

24. You’ll get pneumonia if you (not change) your wet clothes.

25. If the milkman (come), we will tell him to leave two more pints.

26. If you had read the instructions carefully you (not answer) the wrong
question.

27. If anyone attacked me, my dog (jump) at his throat.

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28. If the story hadn’t been true the newspaper (not print) it.

29. If you go to Paris where you (stay)?

30. If he (read) in bad light he will ruin his eyes.