Conditionals Unreal Condition II
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CONDITIONALS
UNREAL CONDITION II
Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into Russian:
1.If he had been given an opportunity, the work might have been finished.
2.If a new network had been added to the system, the modulator system would have been retrained.
3.Only a few years ago if you had heard of sending up artificial moons to circle the earth that idea would have sounded fantastic.
4.We would have derived the minimum of error variance for measurement of time delay if that expression had been employed.
4.It would have been impossible to cope with these difficulties if it had not been for the work carried out by our scientists.
6.If the forces had been balanced there would have been no tendency for the vessel to move.
7.If the spacecraft had gone behind the Moon it would have gone into an initial Lunar orbit.
8.If the Telstar satellite had been built using the state-of-the-art of a decade ago it would have been a very different satellite.
Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences.
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1. We should have written the exercise if ... . |
2. I'd have chosen that |
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profession if .... 3. The experiment would have ended in failure if .... |
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You would never have met him if .... |
5. We should have missed the lecture |
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if .... |
6. They would have laughed at her if .... 7. I should have stayed alone |
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if ... |
8. Would you have believed if ... |
? 9. Nothing would have gone wrong |
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with the pen if ... .
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B. 1. ... if you had chosen your friends more carefully. 2. ... if I hadn't forgotten his address. 3. ... if she had gone there at once. 4. ... if we hadn't left so early. 5. ... if they had looked through the article. 6. ... if you had followed my advice. 7. ... if they had seen that picture. 8. ... if you hadn't failed at the exam. 9. ... if I hadn't spoken with your teacher last week. 10.
... if they hadn't sent the girl away.
Exercise 3. Supply the necessary forms of the Subjunctive Mood for the verbs in brackets. Refer the sentences to the Past.
1. If he ... his father's advice he ... himself in that miserable state (follow,
not find). 2. If my friend ... there everything ... different, (be, be). 3. He ...
this post if it ... vacant (offer, be). 4. Even if I ... a stranger he ... of his misfortunes (be, talk). 5. If she ... this piece of painting she ... it (like, buy).
6. If anything ... |
he ... you know (happen, let). 7. If the girl ... |
the telephone |
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call she never ... |
the good news (not answer, hear). 8. If they.... |
dictionaries |
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they ... |
the article correctly (bring, can translate). 9. If there ... |
a strong |
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wind it |
... impossible to swim in the lake (be, be). 10. If you ... |
here in time |
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we ... our concert (come, begin). 11. He ... his train if you ... |
him more |
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(miss, keep). |
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Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Если бы он был свободен вчера, он навестил бы меня. 2. Если бы вы были вчера на концерте, вы получили бы большое удовольствие. 3. Если бы я знала об этой статье раньше, я перевела бы ее. 4. Соревнования состоялись бы, если бы не полил сильный
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дождь. 5. Он никогда бы не узнал меня, если бы я с ним не заговорила. 6. Девочка не волновалась бы так сильно, если бы ей не задавали так много вопросов. 7. Если бы вы помогли ей, она уже бы закончила работу. 8. Вы бы не устали так вчера, если бы больше отдыхали. 9. С ним ничего бы не случилось, если бы он не торопился. 10. Если бы вы попросили меня об этом неделю назад, я помогла бы вам сразу. 11. Если бы я был на вашем месте тогда, я поступил бы иначе. 12. Если бы вы просмотрели старые газеты, вы нашли бы интересный материал для своего доклада. 13. Если бы он был вчера в институте, мы встретили бы его. 14. Если бы мы отправили телеграмму вчера, они бы ее уже получили. 15. Если бы она зашла ко мне вчера, я бы помогла ей в этой работе. 16. Если бы вы не про-
пустили свой автобус, вы бы не опоздали в школу. 17. Я смог бы отремонтировать машину, если бы у меня были необходимые инструменты.
Exercise 5. Read the story. Write five sentences about the story with if and the past perfect.
Example:
If the owners had been at home, the thief wouldn’t have broken into the house.
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One evening, a thief broke into a house in the village of Lachelle. The owners were not there because they had gone to visit some friends. The thief had not eaten all day and was extremely hungry. He found a packet of biscuits in the kitchen and ate them. He then felt thirsty and, finding a bottle of champagne in the fridge, drank that. He now felt sleepy and he decided to have a little rest before robbing the house.
Unfortunately, he didn’t wake up and the owners of the house found him on their bed when they returned. He was still asleep when the police arrived.
Exercise 6. Think of two important events in your life.
Imagine what would have happened if these events hadn’t taken place.
Example:
If I hadn’t got married, I wouldn’t have had any children.