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1. The following sentences contain mistakes. Rewrite them so that they are correct.
b) I´ve bought some food in case Marianne and John came round for dinner.
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c) If I had known you were coming to London; I would pick you up at the
airport.
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e) Unless Brian will instruct us otherwise, we will close the shop at seven.
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f) Should he have rung, tell him I´ll meet him in the library.
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c) He can´t have been arguing with his boss all morning; he looks far too
relaxed.
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d) She does´nt have the money, otherwise she would have given me the loan.
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e) I realise I wasn´t very polite to the boss, but I´m planning to leave this job
anyway.
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a) You want to buy a new car, but you haven´t got enough money.
I wish I had enough money (to buy a new car).
d) You want to ask a friend to help you, but he´s our fo the country.
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Answers:
EXERCISE 1
a) I´ll lend you my scarf provided you don´t lose it.
b) I´ve bought some food in case Marianne and John come round for dinner.
c) If I had known you were coming to London, I would have picked you up at the
airport.
d) If I told you I love(d) you, what would you say?
e) Unless Brian instructs us otherwise, we will close the shop at seven.
f) Should he ring, tell him I´ll meet him in the library.
g) Had I known you´d been shopping, I wouldn´t have gone myself.
EXERCISE 3
A) -2
B) -3
C) -4
D) -1
EXERCISE 4
a) If he´d followed my advice, the work would have been finished (by now).
b) If he had been arguing with his boss all morning, he wouldn´t look so relaxed.
c) If she had the money, she would have given me the loan.
d) If I wasn´t planning to leave this job anyway, I wouldn´t have been rude to the
boss.
EXERCISE 5
b) I wish I´d followed my friend´s advice.
c) I wish I hadn´t lost my lecture notes.
d) I wish my friend wasn´t out of the country, (so I could ask for his help).
EXERCISE 6
a) ….. I´d go to university instead of going straight into a job.
b) ….. I would collect modern art.
c) ….. hadn´t thrown away that winning lottery ticket.
d) ….. I´d go to Tierra del Fuego.
e) ….. dance.
f) ….. taken his advice.
g) ….. stop behaving like a spoilt child.
h) ….. good at tennis.