Grammar in context 2
Zero, first and second conditionals unless 1 Match the halves to make sentences. 1 If you sleep well at night, … 2 She won’t have time to study … 3 If my school started later, … 4 If it rains at lunchtime, … 5 You’d sleep better … 6 I’ll take a nap at lunchtime … a if she goes to the party. b your brain has time to store memories.
Rewrite the sentences using if or unless . Do not change the meaning. 1 He won’t get a place unless he studies more. If 2 I’ll tell the teacher if you won’t say who did it. I’ll 3 If they didn’t fail the exam, they wouldn’t need to resit it. Unless 4 I wouldn’t go if you told me it was not OK. I 6 Complete the article with the words in the box. are • find • have • if • must • s hare • trains • u nless • was • won • w on’t • would Grammar challenge
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c if you drank less coffee. d if I have time to go home. e we can’t go outside. f I’d be less tired during the day.
Look at the sentences in 1. Are they zero, first
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Treasure Island ANYTHING BUT A HOLIDAY!
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Choose the correct alternative. 1 If he doesn’t/didn’t get into that school, he won’t want to go anywhere else. 2 When I work/would work hard, I get great school marks. 3 I wouldn’t/won’t forget my friends if I were famous. 4 If she asks/asked him, he will tell her how to apply to the school.
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What (a) you do to survive if you were on a desert island? In a British reality TV show called Treasure Island with Bear Grylls , a group of 12 ordinary people (b) find fresh water and food to survive on an uninhabited island off the coast of Panama. Bear Grylls, a survival expert, (c) contestants for two days in survival skills and then leaves them for six weeks. They (d) to survive with just their clothes and some survival items. You are probably familiar with this type of programme (e) you watch TV. But this year’s Treasure Island format is different. If contestants win survival challenges, they can (f ) £100,000 of prizes dropped from the air onto the island! But there are important rules. Contestants don’t win any money (g) they stay for the full six weeks. In addition, if contestants find the treasure, they have to decide if they (h) it with other contestants or keep it a secret! Some people would say it (i) the opportunity of a lifetime. After all, if you ( j) the competition, you would be very rich. But if you don’t like fish and rice, you (k) eat very much. Oh, and if you (l) frightened of insects and poisonous snakes, you’ll also find it hard to survive on Treasure Island!
Complete the zero, first or second conditional
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sentences using the verbs given. 1 If I
(interview) Adele, (ask) her about her
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time at The BRIT School.
2 Usually if you (not score) more than 60% in an exam, you (fail). 3 If I (not phone) you tonight, I (text) you first thing tomorrow. 4 He (not know) so much English if he (have) an English mum. 5 The bell is about to ring. We (be) late if we (not hurry). 6 If I (be) you, I (choose) art for my extra-curricular activity.
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