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GRAMMAR EXTRA
ADVANCED UNIT 2
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2.1 hypothetical conditional: past
1
Put the words in the correct order to make
sentences and questions.
1 taken / have / if / advice, / I / your / would /
regretted / I’d / it
2 he / me, / I / have / was / a / good / opportunity /
had / asked / said / would / it
3 be / ambitious / parents, / he / a / success / but /
such / wouldn’t / for
4 wish / and / I / listen / you’d / quiet / be!
5 debt / acted / if / wouldn’t / sooner, / they / be /
in / now / they’d
2.2 verb patterns
1
6 had / to / university, / would / it / have / made /
gone / difference / supposing / what / you?
7 advice / If / my / you’d / listened / to / only!
8 career / you’d / ago, / what / lived / would / had /
you / imagine / 100 / years / have?
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1 If only we’d meet earlier, we wouldn’t have missed
the beginning of the film.
2 I wish you taken your exams more seriously.
4 If she hadn’t got the job, she’d have been very
disappointed.
5 Supposing you didn’t start your own business,
what would you have done?
6 Imagine he’d got the job, what will it have been
like working with him?
7 Had I been better prepared, the interview would
be better.
8 If you’d asked for my advice, I’d have said it was a
good idea.
Match the sentence halves.
1 Are you interested in
2 At the time, it was considered
3 The ticket price appears
4 She regrets
5 Homelessness was thought
6 I can’t stand
7 We expect
8 To help
a) to be a revolutionary idea.
b) to see an improvement before too long.
c) making a regular donation?
d) being so rude.
e) is a human instinct.
f) to include a drink.
g) to be a problem of the past.
h) being outside in the winter.
Find and correct the mistakes in six of the
sentences 1–8.
3 He regrets didn’t work abroad when he had the
opportunity.
Complete the second sentence so it has a similar
meaning to the first.
1 He didn’t ask me so I didn’t tell him.
If
.
2 You didn’t have any money so you couldn’t buy it.
Supposing
?
3 Her grandfather’s money paid for their apartment.
But for
.
4 I shouldn’t have le school when I was sixteen.
If only
.
5 He didn’t revise so he has to retake his exams.
If
.
6 Please help more.
I wish
.
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in brackets.
1 He mentioned
(go) to that library
in the past.
(tell) you that the train
2 We regret
has been cancelled.
(get) free tickets
3 They were hoping
for the concert.
4 My colleagues encouraged me
(apply) for promotion.
(learn) more
5 She was interested in
about the problems of homelessness.
(hear) your news?
6 Were they pleased
(ask) for my opinion.
7 I loved
(not hear) from her.
8 It’s unusual
9 It’s considered impolite
(not apologise).
(be) in crowds?
10 Does she dislike
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GRAMMAR EXTRA
2.3 introducing opinions
Consolidation
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1
Add the missing words in six of the sentences.
1 According the statistics, there is a need for
ten percent more teachers in the next ten years.
2 If you ask, too many people expect to be
successful without working hard.
3 From what I can gather, not many people trust
politicians.
4 As far I’m concerned, a public health service is
essential.
5 If you want honest opinion, people should be paid
according to their contribution to society.
6 Look at this way, if everyone were paid a living
wage, tax revenue would go up.
7 The reality is that most people’s standard of living
is higher than it was fiy years ago.
8 Quite, if people don’t want to work, they shouldn’t
receive benefits.
2
Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.
according to as far as from what
if you ask if you want in reality look at it
to my knowledge
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
I’m concerned, everyone should
have to buy health insurance.
the government, we’re all better off
than we think we are.
me, unhealthy fast food should be
taxed like cigarettes.
, youth unemployment is the worst
it’s ever been.
this way, when someone is in the
public eye, they should know how to behave.
, not everyone can afford to go
to university.
my honest opinion, I think the
researchers asked the wrong questions.
I can gather, there are lots of new
jobs in the building industry.
Choose the correct answer, a), b) or c).
The problem
I have a job in banking that I don’t particularly like
but it is well-paid, which means I can afford
1
in my free time. 2
is my real passion
and my dream job is to be a travel writer. Should
I stick with a secure, well-paid job or give it up and
spend my savings on a journalism course? If I 3
such a good job, it would be an easier decision!
Wanderlustwoman
Your answers
If you want 4
, take the risk! I’ve just retired
from forty years in a job I didn’t enjoy and I regret
5
in it. If only I 6
my heart and trained as
a chef, I wouldn’t be looking back at my life thinking
I’d wasted it.
Salaryman
Don’t leave your job! Journalism is a difficult area to
, even if you got a place on a
be successful in. 7
journalism course, there’s no guarantee you’d make a
living as a travel writer. My sister was 8
one of
the best writers on her course but it took her ages to
get a job.
Securityfirst
my job in sales to
Two years ago, I decided 9
work as a diving instructor. Although I loved it, I was
paid very little and had to spend my savings. I’m now
unemployed. 10
, you can’t live on dreams.
Divingbelle
1 a) to travel
2 a) To travel
3 a) don’t have
b) travelling
b) Travelling
b) didn’t have
4 a) quite frankly
b) my honest
opinion
b) have stayed
b) had been
following
b) If you ask
b) having been
considered
b) leave
b) According
to it
5 a) to stay
6 a) have
followed
7 a) Quite frankly
8 a) hoped
to be
9 a) to leave
10 a) Quite
frank
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c) travel
c) Travels
c) weren’t
having
c) ask me
c) staying
c) had
followed
c) As far as
c) considered
to be
c) leaving
c) The reality
is