A. GRAMMAR
I. Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in brackets.
~ You can start training a few weeks before the marathon providing you’ve been running regularly for at least a year before that. (on condition that)
...You can start training a few weeks before the marathon on condition that you’ve been running regularly for at least a year before that…
7. Don’t consider running a marathon if you aren’t in good physical condition. (unless)
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8. Don’t leave training until just before the marathon because you might injure yourself. (in case)
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9. Take time off from running every week or else your body will not have a chance to rest. (otherwise)
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10. Provided that you train carefully, you can avoid injury. (as long as)
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11. If you are sensible, you should run a marathon safely and successfully. (assuming)
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II. Underline the correct answer.
It’s a long journey, so I’m going to take some sandwiches (12) in case / as long as we get hungry. I think we’ll enjoy it (13) unless / as long as we have some good magazines to read. We should get there at about seven, (14) in case / providing that the traffic is all right. I won’t phone you (15) as long as / unless there’s a problem.
Don’t meet us at the bus station (16) provided that / unless you really want to. We can easily walk to your house from there. I’ll bring the map (17) in case / as long as I can’t remember the way. I’m really looking forward to seeing you! It will be great to walk round Edinburgh again (18) provided that / in case it doesn’t rain!
III. Underline the correct answer.
19. If she didn’t die / hadn’t died so young, she would be / would have been a famous musician now.
20. You should relax. If you didn’t work / hadn’t worked so hard all the time, you wouldn’t be / wouldn’t have been ill last year.
21. If he didn’t waste / hadn’t wasted so much money in his youth, he could be / could have been a wealthy man now.
22. If I have been / were a more sensitive person, I wouldn’t upset / wouldn’t have upset her in the way that I did.
23. If they really want / wanted to emigrate, they would move / would have moved to another country by now.
24. If he worked / had worked harder last month, he wouldn’t be / wouldn’t have been so busy now.
25. I wouldn’t be doing / wouldn’t have been doing this job today if I knew / had known how boring it would be.
26. If the train wasn’t delayed / hadn’t been delayed, we will be / would be there now.
27. If the passenger didn’t forget / hadn’t forgotten her passport, she would be boarding / would have been boarding the plane now.
28. If you followed / had followed the diet your doctor gave you, you might not be / might not have been ill now.
III. Rewrite the following as mixed conditional sentences as in the example
0. He is not an honest person so he didn’t tell the truth.
…If he were an honest person, he would have told the truth…
29. They were awake all night so they are tired now.
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30. You didn’t tell me earlier so we are not going to the cinema tonight.
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31. She didn’t cancel the milk so the milkman keeps delivering it.
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32. The ship left Plymouth yesterday so it will be in Spain now.
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33. They were painting the house all day so they are covered in paint now.
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34. She didn’t do her homework so she’s in trouble with her teacher.
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35. She is so disorganized that she missed the deadline.
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36. The children were playing in the garden all day so they are very dirty now.
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37. He doesn’t take his job seriously so he wasn’t promoted.
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B. VOCABULARY
I. Fill the gaps using the past tense of verbs from the box.
buy | spend | lose |
| pay | cost |
sell | win | waste |
| find | give |
38. My car was five years old, so I ………………………… it and ………………………… a new one.
39. I was very sad when I ………………………… my watch in the street. It was a present from my wife and it ………………………… her a lot of money. Fortunately, somebody ………………………… it the next day and took it to a Police Station.
40. I ………………………… over £2,000 for my computer, but it isn’t worth very much now.
41. My father ………………………… me £50 last week but I ………………………… most of it on a ticket for a concert on Friday.
42. Last week somebody ………………………… £1,000 in a game on television. It was incredibly exciting.
43. I’m afraid I ………………………… my money on those CDs because I never play them.
C. READING
Look at the sentences below about an unusual school. Read the text on the next page to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, choose A. If it is not correct, choose B.
70. Ashton-on-Mersey School is very close to Manchester United’s football ground.
71. Young players join Manchester United from many different countries.
72. Some young players start playing for the main team when they are 16 years old.
73. Most young players go on to become professional footballers.
74. Some football clubs allow their young players to stop studying.
75. At Manchester United, young players have some experience of normal teenage life.
76. Manchester United’s young players have classes at school every day.
77. The Manchester United students don’t have to follow all the school rules.
78. The main advantage for the school is that it receives money from the football club.
FOOTBALL STARS AT SCHOOL
Can you imagine being a famous football star but still attending school every Monday morning as usual? That’s what some students at Ashton-on-Mersey School in England do!
The school is about 7 km from Old Trafford, the famous sports stadium that is home to Manchester United Football Club. The club takes talented teenagers from all over the world. These young players come to the club to train. Even though teenage players are following their dreams of being sports stars, football clubs recognise that education should still be an important part of their lives. After all, only a small number of young players will go on to have successful professional careers in the sport, because only the best ones go on to join the main team. And although footballers can play professionally from the age of 16, most don’t join professional teams until they are older.
All football clubs have to make sure players under 18 are getting an education, but many choose to do this by organising classes at the club. At Manchester United, however, young players go to a normal school where they can enjoy at least some parts of typical teenage life. That’s why at Ashton-on-Mersey School you can see people who played against Arsenal or Liverpool on Saturday sitting down to classes with all the other students on Monday morning.
The Manchester United students have classes two days a week and study a range of different subjects. The rest of the week, they are busy training and preparing for games. But they still follow the rules like all the other students in the school. They are encouraged to feel part of the school, and they are also expected to set a good example to younger students.
There are many benefits to the school from their arrangement with Manchester United. The football club has given money to the school, which has helped it to provide a better education for all its students. Perhaps more importantly, seeing successful young players in the school can encourage younger students to try hard to do well and achieve their own dreams. There are also unexpected benefits sometimes, too. Successful players often return to visit the school to give talks to students. When one French-speaking player came back to visit, he was invited to join a French class for the day, and students were all keen to ask him questions! Chatting to an international football star really helped the students improve their language skills!
