Ex. 4. Open the brackets, using the verbs in the necessary tense for conditional sentences type III

1. If we (to share) one room at a hotel during our holiday, we (to get to know) each other better.

2. If you (to accompany) me to the concert, you (to enjoy) the wonderful music.

3. If we (to solve) that problem in time, we (not to be involved) in such a situation.

4. If he (to treat) his wife in a right way, she (not to leave) him.

5. If he (to develop) his talent for music, he (to become) a real pianist.

6. If her doctor (to prescribe) that medicine to her, she (to take) it.

7. If my friend (keep) my secret, nobody (to speak) about it.

8. If our neighbor (not to fail) at his last exam, he (to enter) the university.

9. If those people (to refuse) to help me at once, I (to find) another way out.

10. If I (to reach) my business partner on the phone, we (to appoint) a meeting for today.

11. If I (to allow) to take part in that discussion, I (to tell) my opinion.

 

 

Ex. 5. Open the brackets using the verbs in a necessary tense form.

1. I (to wait) if I (to be) you.

2. She (to fall) if he suddenly (not to put) out a hand to steady her.

3. If your father (to be) here, he (to give) you a piece of his mind.

4. I do not know what (to happen) if this (to go) on much longer.

5. Don’t you see that if things like that (to happen) life (to be) quite different?

6. I believe you (to make) her stay if it (to be) not so late.

7. I (to be) grateful if you (to keep) the news to yourself.

8. Many people ask themselves: “What I (to do) differently if I (to have) another chance?”

9. The situation has been bad lately, but everything (to calm) down if you only (to stop) making a fuss.

10. It (to be) awkward if she (to refuse) to co-operate.

11. What his mother (to think) if she (to hear) of what he has done?

12. If the situation (not to change) by Saturday I (to be) in trouble.

13. I (not to be) surprised if he (to offer) an important post under the new government.

 

Ex. 6. Open the brackets using the necessary tense for mixed conditional sentences.

1. If the government (to do) more about unemployment, they (not to be) in danger of losing the coming elections.

2. If we (to be) rich, we (to help) those people who were suffering.

3. If Jane (not to be) so brave, she (to jump) off the bridge to save the child when the accident happened.

4. If Sue (to be) more self-confident, she (to go) into business with Mike when he offered her partnership.

5. If John (to be) more thoughtful, he(to take) that great risk that cost him a career.

6. If he (not to be) so stubborn, they (to reach) an agreement at their previous talks.

7. If I (to take) an aspirin in the morning, I (not to have) this splitting headache now.

8. He (not to be) efficient in his new job if he (not to study) English hard when he was at college.

9. If Mary (to remember) to buy apples yesterday, she (to make) an apple pie before Nick comes.

 

Ex. 7. Finish the following conditional sentences.

 

1. If I were The President ………..

2. If I were the Spanish Queen ………

3. If I lived in New-York …………

4. If I had an island ……………..

5. If I had a helicopter………………..

6. If I were a banker ………………

7. If I belonged to any political party, ……..

8. If anybody did me harm, ………….

9. If it were summer…………

10. If you were open with me…………….

 

Ex. 8. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Я бы никогда не подумал, что это возможно, если бы я не увидел этого своими глазами.

2. Я бы не стал делать этого на твоем месте.

3. Пьеса понравилась бы мне больше, если бы она не была такой длинной.

4. Если бы не его болезнь, семья переехала бы в город.

5. Если бы он пришел вовремя, этого могло бы не случиться.

6. Если бы я сказал что-нибудь подобное твоей тетушке, она сочла бы меня сумасшедшим.

7. Возможно он вел бы себя иначе, если бы обстоятельства были иными.

8. Если вдруг возникнет какая-нибудь трудность, позвони мне тотчас же.

9. Мы бы успели на последний автобус, если бы ушли из театра на пять минут раньше.

10. Если бы он отказался от этого предложения, отец рассердился бы на него.

11. Он так изменился! Если бы вы его встретили, вы бы его не узнали.

12. Если бы я был на вашем месте, я бы посоветовался с родителями.

13. Если бы вы помогли мне решить эту задачу, я был бы вам очень благодарен.

14. Если бы я знал немецкий язык, я бы читал Гете в оригинале.

 

Ex. 9. Find mistakes in the following sentences and correct them.

 

1. He will pass the exam if he did more work.

2. If you ran faster, you would have caught the bus. Now you’ll have to wait for another one.

3. If I have more time, I’d take up tennis.

4. If I were you, I’ll send them an invitation to the party.

5. If I am you , I wouldn’t go out in such weather.

6. If Stephen wasn’t driving so fast, the police wouldn’t have stopped him.

7. If you didn’t give me a lift, I wouldn’t be here now.

8. If the food was not so spicy, I’d have enjoyed it more.

9. If I’m rich, I’d give a lot of money to charity.

10. If we had arrived one minute later, we will miss the train.

11. I will be able to lend you some money if I sold my car.

12. Nobody would have come to the concert if we hadn’t so many famous names.

 

WISH-SENTENSES

Unreal Present Wish + past simple/past continuous Действие, выраженное сказуе-мым дополнительного прида-очного предложения, выражает сожаление о настоящем.	I wish she werehere now.	Хотелось бы, чтобы она была здесь. (Жаль, что ее нет здесь сейчас).
Unreal Past Wish +past perfect Действие, выраженное сказуемым дополнительного придаточного предложения, выражает сожаление о том, что случилось или не случилось в прошлом.	I wish you had had time then.	Хотелось бы, что бы у вас тогда было время. (Жаль, что у вас тогда не было времени)
Wish + would + infinitive действие, выраженное сказуемым дополнительного придаточного предложения выражает желание, но отсутствие возможности изменить что-либо в настоящем или в будущем.	I wish you would be more diligent.	Я бы хотел, чтобы ты был более старательным.

Ex. 1. Explain the usage of the tense forms in the following conditional sentences.

1. I wish I had a lab of my own.

2. She almost wished she hadn’t asked them to dinner.

3. I wish it had happened to anyone but you.

4. I wish you had brought your sister with you.

5. He wished they would let him enjoy his dinner in peace.

6. Oh, how I wish it would rain!

7. I wish you wouldn’t be so happy, Willy, when I’m so miserable.

8. I wish he were younger and more handsome.

9. I wish you wouldn’t make so much noise.

10. I wish people wouldn’t talk in the cinema when other people watch the film.