| Аlan: | I (1) ‘ll carry on (carry on) with our walk when the weather (2) ____ (clear up). |
| Bob: | Yes. But if (3) ___ (know) the weather was going to be this bad, I (4) ___ (never set out). |
| Alan: | Well, it’s a bit brighter now. If it (5) ___ (stop) raining, we (6) ___ (easily be) back at the camp by sunset. |
| Bob: | I suppose things could be worse. Do you remember the hill-walk last year? We (7) ___ (have to) turn back almost as soon as we (8) ___ (start), when Charlie Dickson (9) ___ (break) his ankle. |
| Alan: | That’s right. And that was after we (10) ___(spend) ages preparing for the walk. |
| Bob: | Still we were lucky that the accident happened so soon after we (11) ___ (set out). If it (12) ___ (happen) later, we (13) ___ (have to) carry Charlie for miles. |
| Alan: | Well just at this moment, I couldn’t carry anybody. If a helicopter (14) ___ (come) over the top of that hill, I (15) ___(wave) to the pilot for a lift. |
| Bob: | There isn’t much chance of that. Anyway, my problem is my feet. They’re killing me! I (16) ___ (put) some ointment on them if I (17) ___ (have) any. But I forgot to pack it. |
| Alan: | Me too. But the rain’s stopped, so let’s go. Just think! When we (18) ___ (get) a good, hot meat at the camp tonight, we (19) ___ (be) glad that we came. |
Put in the right conditionals.
THE SECRET OF A LONG LIFE
Grygori Pilikan recently celebrated his 114th birthday and reporters visited him in his mountain village in Georgia to find out the secret of a long life. ‘The secret of a long life,’ Grygori said, ‘is happiness. If you (1) (be) are happy, you will live a long time.’ ‘Are you married?’ a reporter asked. ‘Yes,’ Grygori replied. ‘I married my third wife when I was 102. If you happily married, you (2) ___ (live) for ever. But for my third wife, I (3) ___(die) years ago.’ ‘What about smoking and drinking?’ a reporter asked. ‘Yes, they are important,’ Grygori said. ‘Don’t smoke at all and you (4) ___ (feel) well. Drink two glasses of wine a day and you (5) ___ (be) healthy and happy.’ ‘If you (6) ___ (can/live) your life again, what (7) ___ (you/do)?’ a reporter asked.’ ‘I would do what I have done. If I had more sense, I (8) ___ (eat) more yoghourt!’ he chuckled. ‘Supposing you (9) __ (can/change) one thing in your life what (10) ___ (you/change)?’ another reporter asked. ‘Not much,’ Grygori replied. ‘So you don’t have any regrets?’ ‘Yes, I have one regret,’ Grygori replied. ‘If I (11) ___ (know) I was going to live so long, I (12) ___ (look after) myself better!’
5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets .
Yesterday the famous bank robber, Fingers Smith, robbed another bank in the centre of town. As usual, he only stole $10. If he (1) had left (leave) any clues, he (2) ___ (be) in prison now, but he’s much too clever. He disconnected the security cameras; if he (3) ___ (not/do) that, the police (4) ___ (have) him on film now. The strange thing is, Fingers doesn’t seem to be interested in the money; if he (5) ___ (be), he (6) ___ (can/steal) thousands of pounds by now. The police are determined to catch him, and the Chief is confident that they will. He says that if he (7) ___ (think) they weren’t going to arrest Fingers eventually, he (8) ___ (leave) the police force long ago.
Translate into Russian .
1) Если бы он не был таким рассеянным, он не принял бы вас за мою сестру.
2) Алиса не купила бы эти книги, если бы не сдавала экзамен по истории.
3) Если бы вы приняли лекарство, вы были бы сейчас здоровы.
4) Если бы Чарльз знал адрес, он бы уже пришёл к этому времени.
5) Вероника не поехала бы с ним на Север после окончания института, если бы не любила его.
6) Если бы мы не были знакомы, он бы не пригласил нас на вечер.
7) Если бы я был на твоём месте, я бы проверил факты до того как написал письмо.
8) Он бы не опоздал на завтрак, если бы не разговаривал по телефону так долго.
9) Если бы ты была более тактичным человеком, ты бы не сказала ей это.
10) Если бы Сью работала усерднее в прошлом месяце, она не была бы так занята сейчас.
UNIT 7 "IF ONLY" , "I WISH"
If only
'Only' can be placed after if and indicates hope, wish or regret according to the tense used with it:
a) if only + Present Indefinite / Future Indefinite – to express hope
If only he comes in time (= we hope he will come).
If only he will listen to her (= we hope he will be willing to listen).
b) if only + Past/Past Perfect – to express regret
If only he didn’t drive so fast. (= we are sorry he drives so fast)
If only you hadn't said that. (= we are sorry you said that)
If only I knew it for sure.– Ах, если бы я была в этом уверена (сейчас).
If only I had told her the truth . – Ах, если бы я сказала ей правду (в прошлом).
c) if only + would can express regret about a present action as an alternative to if only + past tense (it has the same meaning as wish + would).
If only he would drive more slowly .(= we are sorry that he isn’t willing to drive more slowly).
I wish
Wish expresses present, future, and past situations.
Here is a summary of patterns using wish:
| Verb form after wish | Time reference | Example (+ meaning) |
| Past Indefinite | Present | I wish I knew the answer. (= I don’t know). |
| Past Indefinite | Present | I wish I were better at sports. (= I’m not) |
| Past Continuous | Present | I wish I were going with you. (= I’m not) |
 Could
| Present | I wish I could give you an answer. (= I can’t) |
| Would | Future | I wish you would be quiet. (= Your taking irritates me) |
| Past Perfect | Past | I wish I had known you then. (= but I didn’t) |
| Could have | Past | I wish I could have explained. (= I wasn’t able to) |
I wish he came. – Хорошо бы он пришёл.
I wish you knew him. – Жаль, что вы его не знаете.
I wish you had come. – Жаль, что вы не пришли .
E X E R C I S E S
1. Match the comments with the answers .
| 1) I feel so old 2) The plants in the garden are dying 3) We never hear from Angela 4) I didn’t know you were ill 5) I can’t afford to go out 6) It takes hours to get to work 7) She looked absolutely lovely 8) We don’t see you very often nowadays 9) Now everyone knows the secret | a) I wish it would rain. b) I wish you had told me. c) I wish we lived nearer the office. d) I wish you could come more often. e) I wish I hadn’t told anyone. f) I wish I were younger. g) I wish she would write more often. h) I wish I had more money. i) I wish I could have taken a photograph. |
2. Write sentences with ‘I wish’.
Model: It’s raining very hard. ® I wish it weren’t raining so hard.
1) We haven’t time to stop.
2) John didn’t pass the exam.
3) It’s very cold in here.
4) There’s no time to spare.
5) George won’t help.
6) Mary didn’t come.
7) I didn’t see the match last week.
8) I can’t give up smoking.
9) Tina can’t come to the party.
10) She doesn’t know anything about cars.
11) I’m not lying on a sunny beach.
12) I hate having to do homework every night.
13) I decided to work in London.
14) We sold the house we had in Manchester.
15) We didn’t realize that a supermarket was opening nearby.
16) We put our money into a grocery shop.
17) We borrowed $3.000 to start the business.
18) It was a mistake to leave Manchester.
3. Imagine that you are in these situations. For each situation write a sentence with ‘I wish’.
Model: You’ve eaten too much and now you feel sick.
You say I wish I hadn’t eaten so much.
1) There was a job advertised in the newspaper. You decided not to apply for it. Now you think that your decision was wrong.
You say: I wish I ____ .
2) When you were younger, you didn’t learn to play a musical instrument. Now you regret this.
You say: ____ .
3) You’ve painted the gate red. Now you think that it doesn’t look very nice.
You say: ____ .
4) You have some unexpected guests. They didn’t tell you they were coming. You are very busy and you are not prepared for them.
You say (to yourself): ____ .
5) You are walking in the country. You would like to take some photographs but you didn’t bring your camera.
You say: ____ .
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