8 OPTIMISE YOUR GRAMMAR | Higher B2
Conditionals (2): second, third, mixed 5 The committee wished that the school
parents before it sold
1 Complete the sentences with the correct the plot of land.
form of the verbs in brackets. You may need 6 We you might be cold,
to put the verb in the negative. so we’ve brought your coat.
1 If I to Cocullo in Italy, 4 Complete the second sentence so it has a
I wouldn’t have learnt about the local traditions.
similar meaning to the first. Do not change
(go)
the word given. Use two to five words,
2 If I were president, I including the word given.
this law which allows cruel sports to take place.
(remove) 1 Please don’t dump that toxic waste here.
RATHER
3 What if you saw a
snake in your garden? (do) We
dump toxic waste here.
4 Had two Americans not studied the Amazon
in 2014, they the real 2 The government should build more wind farms
source of the Amazon river. (discover) to provide more renewable energy. HIGH
5 If I to the beach this built more
weekend, I’d be swimming in the sea now. (go) wind farms to provide more renewable energy.
6 Had they polluting the 3 I had to chop down the beautiful old tree after
river, all the fish would have died. (stop) the storm. REGRETTED
I
2 Write conditional sentences based on the the beautiful old tree after the storm.
situations described. 4 People can reduce their carbon footprint if they
1 I hope I win the lottery. I can donate money to a buy food locally. WOULD
charity to help endangered species. If people bought their food locally, they
.
2 We went to Nepal. We learnt about the conditions 5 What if supermarkets didn’t exist? IMAGINE
of elephants there. supermarkets.
3 My dad works for a renewable energy company. I Unit round-up
know a lot about the costs involved.
5 Write one word in each gap.
4 I want to be a scientist. I want to research ways
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Paradise in the Philippines
5 I didn’t go to the lecture on climate change. I My family and I had an amazing holiday in the
can’t tell you what the professor said. Philippines this year. If we hadn’t gone we (1) would
have realised how utterly beautiful it is
there. There are over 7,000 islands, only 2,000 of which
are inhabited. (2) we not done all the boat
Unreal past and past wishes trips, we wouldn’t have seen more than three or four of
them. As it was, we probably only saw twenty or so. I
3 Complete the sentences with the correct (3) we could have (4) for
form of the words in the box. There are two a lot longer, the time passed far too quickly. If I
extra words you do not need. (5) only recommend one place, then it
would be Busuanga Island. There are lots of different
consider | consult | if only | meet
places to visit and excellent diving. (6) If I
suppose | think | wish | wonder had been brave enough, I could (7) dived
around wrecks from the Second World War.
1 the sea level rose by
Unfortunately, it’s too far away to be able to visit
two metres. How would that affect the UK?
regularly. (8) if you could get there in a
2 I people were more couple of hours. Weekends (9) be so
aware of environmental issues. different! If we (10) to Busuanga Island,
3 humans would take we could go snorkelling in the crystal clear sea. If
more responsibility for their actions. we flew to Boracay, we (11) build huge
4 The government the sandcastles with the perfect white sand. I know I
environmental targets if they passed stricter laws. (12) would do that than stay at home!
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