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REAL ENGLISH 8

If the journalist had not come to the trouble-torn country, he wouldn’t have got into such
an ordeal.
If the reporter had met the commander earlier, he would have helped the writer.

D4 Expand the following into conditional sentences of the second type (imaginary condition) as
shown in the example.

1. Get fit by going to an aerobics class.
If you went to an aerobics class, you could get fit.

2. Tidy the room by removing some furniture.
3. On getting admission Neha would join immediately.

4. On escaping, the leopard would attack anyone.
5. Impress your teacher by typing your essay.

D5 Complete the conversation using the correct form of the verbs given in brackets. Use the past
perfect and would have/could have/might have.
Mina : Alana didn’t do her exam well today.

Lisa : She was not prepared at all. But if she ________________ (take) her studies seriously,
she ________________ (clear) the test.
Mina : She flopped in her practical exam as well.

Lisa : I think, she didn’t deserve to do well in her practical exam anyway. It ________________
(be) quite a surprise for everyone if she ________________ (get) 40 per cent.

Mina : Oh, don’t be so cruel, please, Lisa. You ________________ (not score) well if you
________________ (try) to do those difficult questions. They were really tough for Alana.
If she ________________ (not make) too many mistakes, perhaps she ________________
(pass) the test.

Lisa : You see, I ________________ (not blame) her if she ________________ (do) her best during
the entire session. The fact of the matter is she didn’t. If she ________________ (watch)
less TV during the holidays, she ________________ (find) some time to revise her
lessons. Don’t you think so, Mina?
Mina : True, if Alana ________________ (do) her work systematically and regularly, she
________________ (not feel) so miserable now.

AGILE
LEARNING
D6. Conditional clause board game

Divide the class into four groups and play the board game. Each group takes turns to roll the dice.
Once you land on a square, discuss and complete the sentence with a conditional if-clause. If a
group answers correctly, it scores a point. The game ends when all four groups reach the FINISH
square on the board. The group with the highest score wins.

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