Thursday, 20 June 2013

CONDITIONALS






MIXED CONDITIONALS
EXERCISE 1





1)   You ....................(be) tired if you ...................(not/go) to bed soon.

2)   Butter .......................(melt) if you ....................(leave) it out in the sun.

3)   I .................(not/like) it very much if they ..............(give) the job to mark.

4)   I ................(never/get) there on time if I ..................(take) the train.

5)   I .....................(not/meet) up with John if I ....................(stay) at home.

6)   You ..........(have) to work hard if you ..........(want) to pass your English exam.

7)   I ..............(help) you if you .......................(tell) me there was a problem.

8)   I ......................(not/get) so angry with you if you .............(do) more work.

9)   You .................(speak) better English if you .............(do) more homework.

10) I ................(buy) the bigger model if I ..............(can) afford it.





Exercise 2:      Choose a, b or c to complete the sentences

1. If he comes,

  1. we will go to lunch.
  2. we would go to lunch.
  3. we went to lunch.

2. I would buy a new house

  1. if I have a lot of money.
  2. if I win the lottery.
  3. if I inherited a million dollars.

3. If she misses the bus,

  1. I take her to school by car.
  2. I would take her to school by car.
  3. she have to walk.

4. If I had known you were in town,

  1. I would buy you some flowers!
  2. I would have bought you some flowers.
  3. I will buy you some flowers.


5. If he studies a lot,

  1. he might pass the exam.
  2. he would pass the exam.
  3. he is going to pass the exam.

6. I would get a new job

  1. if I was you.
  2. if I am you.
  3. if I were you.

7. He will surely fail his exams

  1. if he not work harder.
  2. unless he begins to study.
  3. if he weren't serious.

8. She would live in New York now

  1. if she stays.
  2. if she had stayed.
  3. if she was to stay.





LISTEN TO THE SONG AND FILL IN THE BLANKS











VERSE:
If God ________ a name, what_________ it be
And would you call it to His face
If _____________ faced with Him in all His glory
What __________ you ask if __________- just one question

REFRAIN:
Yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

CHORUS:
What if God _____________

 Just a slob like one of us
Just ______________ on the bus
Trying to make His way home

VERSE:
If God ____________, what would it look like
And _________________  to see
If seeing meant that you _____________ to believe
In things like Heaven and in Jesus and the Saints
And all the Prophets and...

REFRAIN:
Yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

CHORUS:
What _________________ one of us
Just a ___________ like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make His way home

CODA:
Tryin' to make His way home
Back up to Heaven all alone
Nobody callin' on the phone
'Cept for the Pope maybe in Rome


Wednesday, 16 January 2013

  


BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS 

By Green Day


      

► Fill in the blanks of each stanza with the words in brackets, then listen to the song and check your answers. 



STANZA 1 – (know – lonely – alone – only)

I walk a ________ road
The __________ one that I have ever known
Don't ___________where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk __________.

        STANZA 2 – (I’m – alone – street – sleeps – city)

I walk this empty __________
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Where the ____________________
And _________ the only one and I walk _________.
I walk alone / I walk alone / I walk alone / I walk a...

CHORUS – (sometimes – find – beside – thing)

My shadow's the only one that walks ___________ me
My shallow heart's the only __________ that's beating
____________ I wish someone out there will ________ me
'til then I walk alone

Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahhh
Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahhh...

      STANZA 3 – (border – where – walking – somewhere)

I'm ___________down the line
That divides me ____________ in my mind
On the _________line of the edge
And _________ I walk alone

STANZA 4 – (alright – vital – between – alive)

Read __________ the lines of what's
Fucked up and everything's ___________
Check my _________ signs to know I'm still _________
And I walk alone
I walk alone / I walk alone / I walk alone / I walk a...

Thursday, 22 November 2012

PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE



Forms of Passive


Present Simple: The Government builds many schools.
Many schools are built by the Government.

Present Continuous: The Government is building many schools.
Many schools are being built by the Government.

Present Perfect: They have chosen Jane as the new president.
Jane has been chosen as the new president.

Past Simple: The police arrested the burglar.
The burglar was arrested by the police.

Will: They will play the match on Sunday.
The match will be played on Sunday.

The object in the active form (many schools, Jane, the burglar, the match) moves to the front of the passive sentence and becomes the subject.

Using by and with.


☺ The agent is the person who does the action. We use by+ agent:
Many schools were built last year.
Many schools were built by the Government last year.

☺ The instrument is what we use to perform the action. We use with + instrument:
The windows were broken with a ball.


TURN INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE.


1) They are rebuilding the damaged house. ____________________________________
2) The police arrested Jim. ________________________________________________
3) A burglar stole my handbag. _____________________________________________
4) Somebody will meet you at the station. _____________________________________
5) The football team from Argentina won the championship. ________________________
6) Janet cleans the rooms every day. _________________________________________
7) Somebody is using the computer at the moment. ______________________________
8) I received a letter from my grandfather._____________________________________
9) The company will employ 500 hundred people this year.________________________
10) Susie and Jack have bought a new house. _________________________________