PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 6 UNIT 18 GRAMMAR: STANDARD

4 I I more kindness to my
1 Choose the correct options to complete the
sentences.
parents when I was a teenager. (show)
5 Greg he better with the
1 If I’d left earlier, I wouldn’t miss / have missed the situation yesterday. (cope)
flight. 6 She her childhood so
2 If you are / had taken some sun cream, you wouldn’t difficult. (not be)
have got burnt.
3 I might had been / have been badly injured if I hadn’t 5 Are the sentences correct? Tick (✔) the correct
sentences. Put a cross (✗) next to the incorrect
been wearing a helmet.
sentences.
4 If I’d known, I can / could have helped you.
5 You wouldn’t have got ill if you’d taken / take 1 I’m so full. I wish I hadn’t eaten so much. ✔
warmer clothes. 2 I wish I’d pay more attention when I was
6 If I’d had / have an extra ten minutes, I might not at school.
have failed. 3 They would have finished quicker if you had
helped them.
2 Match 1–6 to A–F.
4 It’s a shame we couldn’t go swimming. I wish
1 If I had worked more A if she hadn’t got injured. we brought our costumes.
at school, E 5 If I have had my camera with me, I would have
taken a hundred pictures.
2 If I hadn’t run out of B if the road hadn’t been
battery, so icy. 6 Now everybody knows! I wish I hadn’t
told you.
3 I would’ve cooked C I might have learned to
something else surf.
4 She might not have D I would have read your
6 Complete the email with the correct form of the verbs
in brackets.
crashed message.
Reply Forward
5 She could have E I would have got higher Subject:
represented Spain marks. From:
To:
6 If I’d grown up on F if I’d known you were Date:
the coast, vegetarian.
Hi Mike,
3 Look at the sequence of events. Then complete the
chain of third conditional sentences below.
How are you? Shame you missed my birthday party.
I wish you 1 had been (be) there. You can always
Lightning struck the tree. → The tree fell down. come next year! Anyway, it was a bit of a disaster.
→ I crashed my bike. → I broke my leg. Only five people came! If my dad 2 (put)
→ I went to hospital. → I met my future wife.
the correct date on the invitation, more people
1 If lightning hadn’t struck the tree, the tree 3
(come). He’d written ‘Sunday 24th’
wouldn’t have fallen down.
instead of ‘Saturday 24th’ and everyone (including
2 If the tree hadn’t fallen down,
you) thought the party was on Sunday! And, of
I my bike.
course, if we 4 (know) that only five
3 If I my bike,
I my leg. people were going to come, we 5
4 If I my leg, (not prepare) so much food. Anyway, we still had fun.
I to hospital. I wish my mum 6 (make) the invitations
5 If I to hospital, instead of my dad. She definitely 7
I my future wife. (not put) the wrong date!

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of wish

and the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
Speak soon,
Tess
1 I wish I hadn’t stayed up all night. I’m
exhausted. (not stay up)
2 He’s my favourite player. I he
his leg. (not break)
3 you you
harder at school last year? (study)

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PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 6 UNIT 18 GRAMMAR: STANDARD ANSWER
KEY

1
2 had
3 have been
4 could
5 taken
6 had

2
2 D
3 F
4 B
5 A
6 C

3
2 wouldn’t have crashed
3 hadn’t crashed, wouldn’t have broken
4 hadn’t broken, wouldn’t have gone
5 hadn’t gone, wouldn’t have met

4
2 wish, hadn’t broken
3 Do, wish, had studied
4 wish, had shown
5 wishes, had coped
6 wishes, hadn’t been

5
2 ✗
3 ✔
4 ✗
5 ✗
6 ✔

6
2 had put
3 might/would have come
4 had known
5 wouldn’t have prepared
6 had made
7 wouldn’t have put

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