INSIGHT TE / EXTRA ACTIVITY
Unit 4 > Text 1: The ideal family? (pp. 74-75)
Un exercice complémentaire (if-clauses).
Exercice avec son corrigé sur cette page. Page suivante : exercice en version photocopiable.
If-clauses
For each prompt, make 3 sentences using “if” as in the example.
Example:
work harder / earn ...
If I work harder, I will earn more money.
If I worked harder, I would earn more money.
If I had worked harder, I would have earned more money.
a. work part-time / earn ...
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b. (not) work / spend ...
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c. enjoy family (support) / (not) feel ...
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d. (not) move / see ...
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e. start over / focus on ...
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Corrigé
a. If I work part-time, I will earn less money.
If I worked part-time, I would earn less money.
If I had worked part-time, I would have earned less money.
b. If I don’t work so hard, I will spend more time with my family.
If I didn’t work so hard, I would spend more time with my family.
If I hadn’t worked so hard, I would have spent more time with my family.
c. If I enjoy family support, I won’t feel so isolated.
If I enjoyed family support, I wouldn’t feel so isolated.
If I had enjoyed family support, I would not have felt so isolated.
d. If I don’t move to this town, I will see more of my family.
If I didn’t move to this town, I would see more of my family.
If I hadn’t moved to this town, I would have seen more of my family.
e. If I start over, I will focus on quality of life/ spending time with my family etc.
If I started over, I would focus on quality of life/ spending time with my family etc.
If I had started over, I would have focused on quality of life/ spending time with my family etc.
Insight Te © Hatier 2008. http://www.insight-hatier.com
INSIGHT TE / EXTRA ACTIVITY
Unit 4 > Text 1: The ideal family? (pp. 74-75)
If-clauses
For each prompt, make 3 sentences using “if” as in the example.
Example:
work harder / earn ...
If I work harder, I will earn more money.
If I worked harder, I would earn more money.
If I had worked harder, I would have earned more money.
a. work part-time / earn ...
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
b. (not) work / spend ...
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
c. enjoy family (support) / (not) feel ...
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
d. (not) move / see ...
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
e. start over / focus on ...
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Insight Te © Hatier 2008. http://www.insight-hatier.com