FOCUS 3 GRAMMAR TRAINER
UNIT 6
Second conditional, wish/if only
GRAMMAR IN FOCUS VIDEO 6.2 Watch
the Grammar in Focus video and revise
the grammar rules.
1 Choose the correct options, A or B.
1 Second Conditional sentences talk about
A the present or future result of an imaginary
situation.
B the future result of a real situation.
2 The imaginary situation is expressed by
A the if clause with the Past Simple.
B the main clause with would + verb.
3 The result of the imaginary situation is
expressed by
A the if clause with the Past Simple.
B the main clause with would + verb.
4 In the sentence If I were you, I would see a
doctor, the main clause is
A I would see a doctor.
B If I were you.
5 If you put the if clause at the beginning,
A you need a comma.
B you don’t need a comma.
6 To say that you want a present situation to
be different, you use
A wish/if only + Past Simple.
B wish/if only + subject + would + verb.
7 To say that you want somebody’s behaviour
to be different, you use
A wish/if only + Past Simple.
B wish/if only + subject + would + verb.
8 Which is correct?
A I wish I would be invisible.
B I wish I was invisible.
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Third conditional
GRAMMAR IN FOCUS VIDEO 6.5 Watch
the Grammar in Focus video and revise
the grammar rules.
2 Choose the correct options, A or B.
1 You use the Third Conditional to talk about
A imaginary situations in the present.
B imaginary situations in the past.
2 The imaginary situation is expressed by
A the if clause with the Past Perfect.
B the main clause with would + have + past
participle.
3 The result of the imaginary situations is
expressed by
A the if clause with the Past Perfect.
B the main clause with would + have + past
participle.
4 The main clause refers to a situation that
A might have happened but did not happen.
B happened in the past.
5 In the sentence If you had played with us, we
would have won, the main clause is
A If you had played with us.
B we would have won.
6 If the sentence starts with the main clause,
A you put a comma at the end of the clause.
B you don’t put a comma at the end of the
clause.
7 Which is correct?
A If the man hadn't been thirsty, he wouldn't
have drunk from a pool.
B If the man hadn't been thirsty, he wouldn't
drink from a pool.
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 FOCUS 3 GRAMMAR TRAINER
UNIT 6

3 Choose the correct options. 6 I wish you _______________________

1 I wish I lived / would live in London.
2 If only you would give up / give up smoking.
3 He wouldn’t buy / wouldn’t have bought a
car if he hadn’t had enough money.
4 I would do the housework if I had / had had
time.
5 I would have gone to the cinema if I didn’t
have / hadn’t had to do the homework.
4 Match the sentences 1–7 with a–g.
(stop) eating chocolate. If you stopped eating
chocolate, you _______________________
(lose) weight.
6 Translate the sentences.
1 If I burnt my hand, I’d put ice on it.
______________________________________
2 If I had had a sore throat, I wouldn’t have
gone to the party.

1 If I made a promise, _____ ______________________________________

2 I wouldn’t trust him _____ ______________________________________
3 What time would we get there _____ 3 I wish you’d think about others for a change.
4 If you hadn’t driven so fast, _____
______________________________________
5 If he hadn’t won the lottery, _____
4 If Fleming hadn't discovered penicillin, many
6 We’d go to the beach _____
people would have died.
7 What would you have done _____
8 I wish you _____ ______________________________________
______________________________________
a he wouldn’t have bought that luxury flat.
5 If you could choose a superpower, which
b if it didn’t rain.
one would you have?
c I’d keep it.
d wouldn’t drive so fast. ______________________________________
e if I hadn’t given you the money? ______________________________________
f we wouldn’t have crashed. 6 I wish I could heal people.
g if we took the 10.45 train?
h if I were you. ______________________________________
7 If only I could talk to animals.
5 Complete the sentences with the ______________________________________
correct form of the verbs in brackets. 8 I wish you wouldn’t play computer games
1 If he had come to the party, he every evening.
_______________________ (enjoy) himself. ______________________________________
2 If he went to Paris, he __________________
______________________________________
(visit) the Louvre.
3 If I _______________________ (be) you, I
wouldn’t miss the concert.
4 If the police _______________________
(not arrive) in time, the robber wouldn’t have
been arrested.
5 If she had taken the pills, she
_______________________ (not feel) so ill
last night.

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