EXTRA PRACTICE
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12
G1
1
Complete the sentences with the correct form
of buy, a, b, c or d.
a
buy
b
bought
c
will buy
d
would buy
1
I
you a new TV if you really needed it.
2
If you
me an expensive ring, I’ll marry you.
3
I
lunch if you buy dinner.
4
If that phone isn’t too expensive, I
it.
5
Joe
us a camera provided he can borrow it.
6
Supposing you
a big car, would you use it?
7
I
you a pet as long as you look after it.
8
Imagine you
a flat abroad – it’d be great!
2
There is a mistake in each sentence. Correct it.
1
If I’ll go tomorrow, I’ll call you.
2
Supposing we are rich, wouldn’t it be fantastic?
3
I’d be much happier if I can play the piano.
4
As long as you would look after it, I’ll let you borrow
my dress tonight.
5
Jane will be able to take photos of the party
tomorrow if she would bring her camera.
6
Imagine you lived to 100, won’t it be amazing?
G2
3
Match the sentence halves.
1
If my mobile phone battery hadn’t run out,
2
If the internet hadn’t been invented,
3
If I hadn’t found the tickets under the sofa,
4
If I hadn’t bought a laptop computer,
5
If France hadn’t had a revolution,
6
If airlines hadn’t introduced cheap flights,
7
If we had invested in renewable energy sources,
8
If the shops had been open,
a
we wouldn’t be able to travel so often.
b
I would have to go to internet cafés.
c
we wouldn’t be able to send emails.
d
she would have bought you a present.
e
we wouldn’t have lost so many natural resources.
f
we wouldn’t have been able to go to the concert.
g
it would have a king now.
h
I would have sent you a text message.
4
Complete the sentences with a suitable verb form
to make sentences using the third conditional or mixed
conditionals.
1
If I’d seen you, I
to you. (I didn’t talk to you.)
2
If I
more revision, I wouldn’t have failed so
many tests. (I don’t do much revision.)
3
We would have visited our friends if we
time. (We didn’t have time.)
4
Clare
the manager now if she hadn’t lost that
client. (She isn’t the manager now.)
5
If I
to college, I would have a better job now.
(I didn’t go to college.)
6
There
so many wars if governments talked to
each other more. (There have been a lot of wars.)
KL
5
There are mistakes in six of the sentences
below. Add or delete a word to correct them.
1
We won’t need as much as money, will we, to do that?
2
Let’s face it, the company’s not good shape at
the moment.
3
It’s what you say, but we do need to have a rethink.
4
I’ve heard about these objections plenty. My answer
is simple.
5
I’m sure you agree with me, it’s our job to decide
what to change.
6
That’s a point, but look at the bigger picture.
7
Look, I think you agree, we’ve got the most talented
designers in the trade.
8
If some of our staff lose their jobs, it’ll have a bad
effect on production.
V1
6
Choose the correct word.
1
We sell a full range of domestic
apparatus
/
appliances
, from washing machines to cookers.
2
I’ve just bought an XJ56 – it’s a
device
/
technology
for measuring distances between two points.
3
Did John get the
appliance
/
apparatus
he needs for
his scientific experiments?
4
What
device
/
equipment
do you need for camping?
5
I’ve just found this little
engine
/
gadget
that helps
you peel vegetables.
V2
7
Match the words and phrases in the box with
the definitions below.
durable environmentally friendly handy
obsolete state-of-the-art user-friendly
1
easy for people to use
2
uses the most recent technology
3
will last for a long time
4
so old-fashioned that you can’t use it any more
5
very useful and convenient
6
doesn’t harm the planet
V3
8
Complete the sentences with one of the words
in the box and the correct prefix
dis-
,
in-
,
mis-
or
un-
.
able accurate appropriate efficient
likes necessary
quality trust
1
Since the operation I’ve been
to walk.
2
Our party fights
in society.
3
Eleanor
spicy food – she never eats it.
4
The report is full of
information.
5
I
politicians – they never tell the truth.
6
Don’t bring a gift – it’s completely
.
7
That company is very
.
8
He wore a dirty T-shirt to my wedding. I think that’s
very
behaviour.
