9 Rhymes and limericks
Exercise 1
should good food nude bread said leaf chief choose lose taught court toes knows chef deaf hate weight through knew tight height wore pour full wool brain reign pool fool leave grieve blood mud foot put
Exercise 2 The Pelican
A rare old bird is a pelican
His beak can hold more than his belly
can.
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week, And I'm damned if I know how the hell he can!
The lady from Twickenham There was a young lady from Twickenham
Whose shoes were too tight to walk quick in 'em.
She came back from a walk
Looking whiter than chalk And she took them both off and was sick in 'em!
Unit 11
1 Real or hypothetical past? Exercise 1
a • d • h •
Sentences b, c, e, f, and g all express
hypotheses.
Exercise 2
a X b • c X d X e • f X g X h • Exercise 3
a don't, d is. g was. b didn't, e won't, h don't. c can't, f do.
2 Present and past wishes Exercise 1
I wish you were rich. I wish I were rich. I wish you could come. I wish I could come. I wish you would come. I wish you had come.
Exercise 2
a could/ e had stayed
was able to f didn't speak/ b wasn't wouldn't speak c didn't g hadn't spent d hadn't gone h lived
3 Expressions of regret Exercise 1
a I wish I'd invited him to the party.
b You should have been watching ..,
c If only I hadn't said that to her.
d I wish I hadn't hit him.
e I'd rather you didn't tell her.
f I wish Megan didn't/wouldn't stay
out so late.
g If only we could come ... h I should have worked harder ...
Exercise 2 (Sample answers)
a I wish I had a Rolls Royce.
b If only I could get a job.
c If only I could get to sleep. I wish it
were morning. d We should have booked some
rooms.
e I wish I'd bought some petrol. f I wish she'd stop playing, (the cat
speaking!)
4 Making excuses Exercise 1
a If I hadn't had the shellfish, I
wouldn't have been ill. b I would have phoned you if I'd had
the time. c If I'd known the jumper was so
expensive, I wouldn't have bought
it. d I wouldn't have believed it if I
hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
Exercise 2
a If I'd known your address, I'd have
sent you a postcard. b If I'd known when your birthday
was, I'd have bought you a present. c If I'd set my alarm clock, I wouldn't
be late/have been late. d If I hadn't been taking my wife to
hospital, I wouldn't have broken the
speed limit.
5 May's disastrous day
Exercise 1
a ... she'd set her alarm clock.
b ... she hadn't been late again.
c ... she wouldn't have locked herself
in the toilet and she wouldn't have
forgotten to meet Ben for lunch. d ... he wouldn't have ended their
relationship. e ... she wouldn't have lost a contact
lens.
f ... she hadn't lost a contact lens. g ... she wouldn't have had to wait at
the bus stop in the pouring rain/...
she wouldn't have got so wet. h ... she hadn't waited at the bus stop
in the pouring rain/ ... she hadn't
got so wet. i ... she hadn't forgotten to meet him
three times. j ... it wouldn't have eaten the
budgie.
Exercise 2
M Well, if you hadn't ended our relationship. I wouldn't have forgotten to feed the cat and then it wouldn't have eaten the budgie.
M Well, that was Ms Collins' fault. If she hadn't cancelled mv business trip. I wouldn't have been upset and
locked myself in the toilet and I wouldn't have forgotten to meet you for lunch.
B Ah! Now I understand everything. If you'd remembered to set your alarm clock, you wouldn't have overslept and you wouldn't have been late for work and Ms Collins wouldn't have cancelled your business trip and you wouldn't have been upset and forgotten our date.
6 Revision of all conditionals
a If I still feel sick. I won't go ... b If you sold them, you'd make ... c If I see her. I'll tell her... d If Alice hadn't gone ... she wouldn't
have met... e 'If she didn't love him, she wouldn't
have married him.' f If you buy .... you get one free. g A What would you do if you saw a ghost?
B I'd run a mile. h If we had brought.... we would
know... i If you hadn't had ..., the house
would have burnt down. j If I were you, I'd apologize. k If he eats cheese, he gets ... 1 If you listened .... you would have
heard ... wouldn't be stuck here.
7 Words other than if Exercise 1
a Supposing e Were b in case f as long as c unless g Had d Providing h Should
Exercise 2
a I won't come unless they invite me. b Supposing he left you, what would
you do? c I'll join the tennis club provided
that you do/join too. d We're going to install a smoke
alarm in case there is a fire. e She won't get the job unless she
learns to speak French. f Imagine the lifeguard hadn't been
there, what would have happened? g I won't go out this evening in case
Paul rings. h I'll come at 8.00 as long as that's all
right with you.
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