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Grammar

Second Conditional

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

If I _______ (have) a car, I _______ (drive) to work.

If I had a car, I would drive to work.

1 If I _______ (can), I _______ (move) into the country.

2 What _______ you _______ (do) if you _______ (be) me?

3 We _______ (buy) a new car if we _______ (have) the money.

4 I _______ (spend) more time with my children if I _______ (not have) to work so hard.

5 You _______ (not make) so many mistakes if you _______ (listen).

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Adverbs

Complete the sentences by making adverbs from the words in the box.

good hard lucky rare total unfortunate

_______, I don’t have any real alternative.

Unfortunately, I don’t have any real alternative.

1 I like to work _______ during the week and then relax at the weekends.

2 _______, no-one was hurt in the accident.

3 You _______ see tigers in the wild any more.

4 The team didn’t play _______ so they lost the match.

5 My promotion was _______ unexpected.

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Third Conditional (for unreal past situations)

Rewrite the sentences using the third conditional.

There was a lot of traffic so I got to the meeting late.

If there hadn’t been a lot of traffic, I wouldn’t have got to the meeting late.

1 I quit because I didn’t enjoy my job.

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2 I studied English so I’m an English teacher now.

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3 Tom didn’t go to Sarah’s party because he wasn’t invited.

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4 Marc changed careers because he wanted a higher salary.

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5 Steve broke the law so he went to prison.

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Vocabulary

Expressions with change

Complete the sentences with the correct words.

It’s time for a _______ change as I’m feeling bored at work now.

It’s time for a career change as I’m feeling bored at work now.

1 It’s a good idea to change your online bank account _______ regularly for security purposes.

2 As you keep changing your _______, it’s hard to know what you want to do.

3 Do you believe that the recent natural disasters are the result of _______ change?

4 You’ve changed your _______! Yesterday you said you couldn’t stand Paul and now you’re best friends.

5 I’ve just been jogging so I need to change my _______ before we go out for dinner.

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Global issues

Complete the sentences using words from the box. There are six extra words.

cure debt disease fair trade mortality rate organic farming peace

pollution recycling standard of living war wealth

The countries in the European Union enjoy, in general, a good _________ .

The countries in the European Union enjoy, in general, a good standard of living.

1 Every week our paper, plastic and bottles are collected for _________ .

2 We need to reduce the national _________ because we owe too much money.

3 If you operate a system of _________, everyone benefits, especially the producers.

4 No chemicals are used in _________ and food certainly tastes better.

5 There’s so much _________ in the city during the winter that it can be hard to breathe sometimes.

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Word building

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

I don’t believe anything the _______ tells us. (govern)

I don’t believe anything the government tells us.

1 Our cat’s _______ has upset everyone. We just want him to come home. (appear)

2 Do you think that money can really buy _______? (happy)

3 You’ve _______ the meat again. It’s really burnt. (cook)

4 I’ve often felt _______ . I do so much but nobody notices or thanks me. (value)

5 Jack is very interested in the ancient Middle East _______ . (civilise)

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Pronunciation

7 sounds and spelling ‘o’

Listen and put the words in the box into the correct column.

poverty mortality home complete conflict own sport solar open short

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bottle organic cold

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Third Conditional sentence stress

Listen and tick (ü) the sentences you hear.

If I had known, I would have helped you.

If I’d known, I’d’ve helped you. ü

1 If you’d asked me, I’d’ve said yes.

If you had asked me, I’d’ve said yes.

2 If we had remembered, we would have come along.

If we’d remembered, we’d’ve come along.

3 Tom would’ve taken the job if he’d been asked.

Tom would have taken the job if he’d been asked.

4 I wouldn’t have recognised Ben if you hadn’t told me.

I wouldn’t’ve recognised Ben if you hadn’t told me.

5 If I’d gone to bed earlier, I wouldn’t have been so tired.

If I’d gone to bed earlier, I wouldn’t’ve been so tired.

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