English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 3. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. - страница 6
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Unit 3
Conditional Sentences (unreal condition of present and future)
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We use these sentences to express imaginary situations which are contrary to facts in the present and, therefore, are unlikely to happen in the present or future.
The structure is:
Subject + would (could, might) + V0 if subject + Past Simple or Past Continuous.
If Luna’s parents weren’t so superstitious, they wouldn’t object to the pup.
We usually use were instead of was for all persons in the if-clause:
If I were him, I’d read more about bats.
The following expressions can be used instead of if: provided/providing that, as long as, suppose/supposing, etc.
Suppose you met a vampire bat, what would you do?
EXERCISE 1
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the Unreal Conditional
1 If Kudjo /can/ play football, he /become/ the most famous football player.
2 If he /have/ a car, he /drive/ to the country to look for the pup.
3 How you /feel/ if you /be/ in the pup’s situation? No family, no food, no help.
4 If the pup /not be/ so little, he /survive/ in the wild.
5 Luna and Kudjo /be/ happy if the parents /allow/ them to keep the pup at home.
6 Luna’s parents /not let/ her take the pup unless she /behave/ herself and /promise/ to take good care of it.
7 If Kudjo /can/, he /help/ all bats in the world.
EXERCISE 2
Finish the sentences with the correct form of real or unreal conditionals:
For example,
If Kudjo read about bats, ….– If Kudjo read about bats, he would know what to feed the pup with.
1 If you asked Kudjo to cook you a meal, ….
2 If Kudjo had nothing to do, ….
3 If Kudjo finds the pup, ….
4 Kudjo’s life would be more comfortable and quiet if…
5 When Kudjo goes to Japan, ….
6 They would look after the pup if ….
7 If Kudjo could, ….
EXERCISE 3
Look at the situations and make sentences using real and unreal conditionals:
For example,
Luna’s parents are afraid of bats and so they won’t allow Luna to have it at home. – If Luna’s parents weren’t afraid of bats, they would allow Luna to have it at home.
1 People are scared of bats because they associate them with vampires.
2 The sun might come out later, and they will have another picnic.
3 Luna can’t make up her mind about who to talk first- mum or dad. She has just asked Kudjo for advice.
4 Kudjo has done all his jigsaw puzzles and now he is bored to death.