1. I wish I ….(somewhere you’d like to be now- on the beach, in New York).
2. I wish I …(something you’d like to have – a computer, a job)
3. I wish I …(something you’d be able to do – sing, speak a language)
4. I wish I …(something you’d like to be – beautiful, strong)
УПРАЖНЕНИЯ НА ЗАКРЕПЛЕНИЕ МАТЕРИАЛА
1. Откройте скобки для образования реальных или малореальных условных предложений.
1. I don't think we'll sell this flat. But if we (sell) the flat, how much do you think we (get)?
2. They say there're snakes here. What we (do) if we (see) one?
3. Can't you see you're playing with fire? If you (get) caught, you (end up) in jail.
4. It seems unlikely that they will change their plans at this stage. But if they (do), it (improve) the situation greatly.
5. Listen! I'm serious. I (fire) you if you (not change) your attitude to work.
6. Max and Rita do not think of buying a house. Buying a house (place) a big financial burden on the young couple.
7. If you (continue) to cause trouble the company (be forced) to dismiss you.
8. What's the point of buying a car? If I (buy) a car I (have) one big headache.
9. We can't offer the job to someone with so little experience. It (be) too risky if we (do).
10. I know you've been working too hard. If you (keep on) doing that, you (break down).
2. Перепишите предложения, сделав их малореальными или нереальными.
Пример: I would write to her, but I don 't know her address.
I would write to her if I knew her address.
Our chairman was unwell, otherwise he would have been with us that evening.
If our chairman hadn't been unwell, he would have been with us that evening.
1. She must have been deeply hurt, or she wouldn't have burst into tears.
2. You don't really love me or you'd come back again.
3. Clark would probably have won the race but his car went out of control and crashed.
4. He was a man of incomparable kindness and generosity; otherwise he wouldn't have acted the way he did.
5. She wanted to make a statement about cruelty to animals, other wise she wouldn't have thrown paint over the fur coats.
6. He would have gone to the US but he was denied a visa.
7. I was in the right place at the right time, or I wouldn't have met you.
8. He's a very fortunate person, or he wouldn't have so many friends.
9. We were unable to get the funding, otherwise we would have never abandoned the project.
10. He would make friends easily, but he has an unpleasant manner.
Закончите предложения, поставив подходящие слова в пропуски.
would not/ leaving/ can not/ might/ starts/
Has/ win/ becomes/ take/ should
1. If the applicant…the right qualifications and abilities, he might be short-listed, i.e. selected to attend an interview.
2. If we had forecasted sales accurately, we…suffer losses now.
3. There will be no more unemployment in case we …the elections.
4. If he …Prime Minister, he will raise taxes.
5. Unless you stop wasting time, I am …right now.
6. If you do not provide me some information, I…help you.
7. If a fire…, the alarm goes off.
8. You…make your own food if you do not like my cooking.
9. …more exercise and you will soon feel better.
10. If the weather improves, I … go for a stroll.
4. Прочитайте и образуйте условные предложения.
1. When the first escalator was installed in the London underground in 1911, some people found the idea of stepping on and off stairs that moved an alarming one. A man with a wooden leg, called "Bumper" Harris, was engaged to ride up and down all day to provide reassurance for the faint hearted.
2. Akio Morita, Chairman of Sony, was fed up with having to listen to rock music blaring from his children's hi-fi. He determined to give teenagers a miniature tape-player with headphones, which would release their long-suffering parents from the miseries of modern music. The player was introduced in Japan as the Walkman in 1979.
3. While Edison was waiting for a job interview, a telegraph broke down in the office. Edison promptly fixed the machine and got a better job than the one he was originally seeking.
Раскройте скобки, прочитайте и переведите предложения.
1. If I (have) enough time I (translate) this document in written form.
2. If he (know) this rule he (explain) it to me.
3. If we (agree) on the price last week we (sign) the contract the same day.
4. If they (open) a letter of credit at the beginning of the month we (start) the deliveries a week later.
5. If they (not make) a mistake in the invoice we (settle) it long ago.
6. I (make) an enquiry for these foodstuffs last Sunday if I (get) instructions.
7. The assurance company (accept) our terms of payment on the condition we (pay) up front.
8. If the enterprise (make) heavy losses it (wind up)
9. We (not invest) unless we (foresee) a realistic chance of long-term profit.
10. Break-even (безубыточность) point (come) a year earlier if we (manage) to reach these sales targets.