Question

Exercise (47): Rewrite the sentences without changing their orginal
meanings.
1. People don't do enough exercise, so there is a lot of heart disease.
→If people
2. Children have bad teeth because they eat too many sweets.
→ Children would have better teeth if.
3. We don't feel healthy because the air isn't fresh.
If.
4. Today isn't Sunday so I can't take you to the circus.
If.
5. We didn't visit the museum because we hadn't enough time.
→ We would
6. I don't feel confident at interviews because my English is not very good..
→If my English.
7. It is important to protect wildlife now or there will be nothing left for our
future generations.
→If we
8. We don't have enough money so we can't buy that house.
If.
9. I missed the train because I got a traffic jam.
If
10. He isn't intelligent enough to answer this question.
If he
11. Mary didn't come so we cancelled the meeting.
→ If Mary

Answer 1

12. Mr Minh doesn't read many English books because he doesn't have time
* If Mr Minh
13. We can't offer you a job because you can't speak English.
If you could speak English...
14 My mother isn't here now, so she can't help me.
If.....

Answer 2

1 If people did more exercise, there would be less heart disease.

2 Children would have better teeth if they didn't eat too many sweets.

3 If the air were fresh, we would feel healthy.

4 If today were Sunday, I could take you to the circus.

5 We would have visited the museum if we had had enough time.

6 If my English were better, I would feel more confident at interviews.

7 If we don't protect wildlife now, there will be nothing left for our future generations.

Answer 3

8 If we had enough money, we would be able to buy that house.

9 If I hadn't gotten stuck in a traffic jam, I wouldn't have missed the train.

10 If he were more intelligent, he would be able to answer this question.

11 If Mary had come, we wouldn't have cancelled the meeting.

12 If Mr Minh had more time, he would read more English books.

13 If you could speak English, we would be able to offer you a job.

14 If my mother were here now, she would be able to help me.