Paraphrases & the 2nd conditional Test A 2 Match the phrases with similar meanings.

1 Complete the paraphrases with the words below. gain employment, at the moment,
effort, eye, get, give, hand, have, high priority, go up a lot, suggest
life, make, time, touch, turn, word something, require assistance
1 to try hard = to … a big … 1 increase sharply =
2 to contact somebody = to … in … with somebody 2 find a job =
3 to talk to somebody = to … a … with somebody 3 very important =
4 make a proposal =

Paraphrases & the 2nd conditional Test B 2 Match the phrases with similar meanings.
1 Complete the paraphrases with the words below. gain employment, at the moment,
effort, eye, get, give, hand, have, high priority, go up a lot, suggest
life, make, time, touch, turn, word something, require assistance
1 to ignore something = to … a blind … to something 1 need help =
2 to enjoy yourself a lot = to have the … of your … 2 currently =
3 to help somebody = to … somebody a … 3 very important =
4 find a job =

Paraphrases & the 2nd conditional Test A 2 Match the phrases with similar meanings.
1 Complete the paraphrases with the words below. gain employment, at the moment,
effort, eye, get, give, hand, have, high priority, go up a lot, suggest
life, make, time, touch, turn, word something, require assistance
1 to try hard = to … a big … 1 increase sharply =
2 to contact somebody = to … in … with somebody 2 find a job =
3 to talk to somebody = to … a … with somebody 3 very important =
4 make a proposal =

Paraphrases & the 2nd conditional Test B 2 Match the phrases with similar meanings.
1 Complete the paraphrases with the words below. gain employment, at the moment,
effort, eye, get, give, hand, have, high priority, go up a lot, suggest
life, make, time, touch, turn, word something, require assistance
1 to ignore something = to … a blind … to something 1 need help =
2 to enjoy yourself a lot = to have the … of your … 2 currently =
3 to help somebody = to … somebody a … 3 very important =
4 find a job =
3 Match the parts of the sentences, and complete them with the correct second conditional form of the
verbs in brackets, and write them.
1 If my family … (can) live anywhere in the world  … (probably give) me a small part in a film.
2 If my family … (buy) a house in Venice Beach  we … (move) to a villa in Venice Beach, Los
Angeles.
3 I … (meet) lots of famous people if my parents  we … (go) swimming every day.
4 If we … (have) lots of Hollywood friends, they  it … (happen), but it probably won’t!
5 It … (be) amazing if  … (get) jobs in Hollywood.

3 Match the parts of the sentences, and complete them with the correct second conditional form of the
verbs in brackets, and write them.
1 If my dad ... (get) a job in his hometown of Rio, Brazil  if I ... (invite) them.
2 My sister and I ... (soon make) lots of friends  we ... (meet) our friends there every afternoon
after school.
3 If we ... (live) in an apartment near Copacabana Beach  if we ... (go) to school there.
4 Lots of my old friends from England ... (come) to visit me  he ... (feel) very happy.
5 The weather ... (be) much better if  we ... (not be) in cold, rainy Britain.

3 Match the parts of the sentences, and complete them with the correct second conditional form of the
verbs in brackets, and write them.
1 If my family … (can) live anywhere in the world  … (probably give) me a small part in a film.
2 If my family … (buy) a house in Venice Beach  we … (move) to a villa in Venice Beach, Los
Angeles.
3 I … (meet) lots of famous people if my parents  we … (go) swimming every day.
4 If we … (have) lots of Hollywood friends, they  it … (happen), but it probably won’t!
5 It … (be) amazing if  … (get) jobs in Hollywood.

3 Match the parts of the sentences, and complete them with the correct second conditional form of the
verbs in brackets, and write them.
1 If my dad ... (get) a job in his hometown of Rio, Brazil  if I ... (invite) them.
2 My sister and I ... (soon make) lots of friends  we ... (meet) our friends there every afternoon
after school.
3 If we ... (live) in an apartment near Copacabana Beach  if we ... (go) to school there.
4 Lots of my old friends from England ... (come) to visit me  he ... (feel) very happy.
5 The weather ... (be) much better if  we ... (not be) in cold, rainy Britain.