XI. Unite the sentences according to the model above:

Model: I didn’t have a university degree, when I was 20 .I couldn’t sit in a comfortable office instead of standing at a street corner selling newspapers for twenty years.

If I had had a university degree I would have sat in a comfortable office instead of standing at a street corner selling newspapers.

1. He wasn’t arrested. He didn’t try to leave the country. 2.I didn’t take a taxi. I didn’t realize that it was such a long way. 3. You didn’t save me a lot of trouble. You didn’t tell me where you were going. 4. She didn’t pay the fine. She was sent to prison. 5. He didn’t tell me that he was vegetarian. I didn’t cook anything suitable for him. 6. I didn’t have a map I lost my way. 7. I didn’t know you were short of money. I didn’t lend you some. 8. He didn’t have a torch with him. He fell down the cellar steps. 9. I didn’t realise how awful the job was going to be. I accepted it. 10. There wasn’t a fire in the house. The children didn’t knock it over. 11. Tom drove much too close to the car in front. He wasn’t able to stop in time. 12. I didn’t know that you were still reading these newspapers. I threw them away. 13. He refused that proposal. They offered him twice as much. 14. You weren’t there. What were you doing? 15. it rained. The picnic wasn’t a great success.

XII. Rephrase there sentences using an If-construction:

eg You didn't tell me we had run out of bread, so I didn't buy any.

If you had told me we had run out of bread I'd have bought some.

1. I didn't see the signal, so I didn't stop. 2. I didn't know your number, so I didn't ring. 3. She didn't know you were in hospital, so she didn't visit you. 4. We came by bus because there were no taxis. 5. She didn't speak to him, possibly because she was so shy. 6. We didn't visit the museum because we hadn't time. 7. We didn't listen carefully; perhaps that's why we made this mistake. 8. We got a lift, so we reached the station in time. 9. We missed the train because we were using an out-of-date timetable. 10. They were driving very quickly. That's why the accident was so terrible. 11. It was raining. That's the only reason I didn't take the children to the beach. 12. He wasn't looking where he was going. That's why he was ran over. 13. I don't like country life, perhaps because I wasn't brought up in the country. 14. I didn't know he was so quarrelsome. I'm sorry now that I invited him. 15. It rained all the time. Perhaps that's why he didn't enjoy his visit. 16. I didn't work hard at school so I didn't get a good job when I left. 17. They asked him to leave the dining-room because he wasn't wearing a shirt. 18. It took us a long time to find his house because the streets were not clearly marked. 19. We didn't go by air only because we hadn't enough money. 20. The bus didn't stop because you didn't put your hand up. 21. I didn't know how thin the ice was, so I was walking on it quite confidently. 22. The champion didn't take the fight seriously at first; perhaps that's why he didn't win it. 23. The examiner read the passage very quickly, so the candidates didn't understand it. 24. He didn't get to the top of his profession, perhaps because his wife didn't encourage him. 25. The exit doors were blocked so people couldn't escape from the burning hall.