in each gaP- ‘A. Write the verbs in brackets in the correct form in ae 108 The importance of nothing s: the Romans (1) {have lhe tec ont (2) : ‘we have today, why would they nat have been abe to get tO a eee pe think about this logically, we would probably be unable to Cor ~ vw (the Romar lateral thinking, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation. : tere on Emth, Wy? Bacouse i, 297 technologically advanced as we are, they would indeed be stucl pee ie 000; ear (employ) a Roman centurion to count $0aCe roy then stopped. The Romans had no wo, woud have started atten (in Lat, ofcourse, got downto one an vine ‘Zero’, So there would have been no ‘Liftoff (ha p ; ve Of course, the truth is that if these hypothetical Romans (6) he Amnology. If the concept : e hem to have all our technolog Dt of “e101, it would be impossible for them pes tay: Moderate ora en ‘There i a lateral thinking question which asks | ve /OUS tO US now t B_ Write the verbs in brackets in the correct form in each gap to make hypothetical situations, 1 Supposing you shave) the chance to spend a year in space, would you take it? 2 Whatitwe (decide to run away right now and never come back? 3 Suppose all your friends ...nnnnnmnnne (Say) bad things about you behind your back and you found, ‘What would you do? 4 imagine you (have) any money or any means of geting any. What on earth could youd 5 Whatif the Internet s..nn.s2mnnnefinvent? Would that be weird? 6 Supposing the SUM nnn (ROB) shining right now, how long Would i take for us to raise? 7 Imagine we ... Gust / tel that a huge meteor was on its way to Earth. What would be be best thing to do? 8 Suppose YOU .cnnnn+nnn (an travel back in time. Where would you go? 9. What if everyone inthe worl (speak) the same language? 10 Suppose it ~~ (Prove) that aliens existed and were ving among us! 11. Ido realise itl probably never happen but imagine her song... sv (become) relly popu 12 WNL YOU cen (Give) three wishes by a genie in a bottle? What would you wish for? 12. Suppose you ~- (wake) up one morning and found you'd gone back in time, how woul you 14 | know we can't travel faster than the speed of light but suppose for a moment that We .. a (be) abie to. 15, Imagine that humans nnn (6) Speak, HOW do you think weld communicate?‘Unreal tine Unit 12) C Look at the questions that follow each sentence and circle the answer, A, B or C which is not correct, 1 Why do you always act as if you were better than 4 There's no need to be frightened of him. Just treat him everyone els, John? asi you didnt know he'd spent some time in prison. Is John better than everyone else? Do you know about the time he spent in prison? Yes, he is AAYes, you do No, he ist BNo, you know nothing about it CCHe might tink e is, C You probably o. 2. Rod often acts as ithe had lots of brothers 5 twas scary! At one pont, it fl ike we werent ever and sisters. going to get out of that jungle ave. Does Rod have lots of brothers and sisters? How did you fee inthe jungle? ‘Aves, he does. ‘AYou would get out of ieasi No, he doesrit 8 You would possibly ce inte jungle CHe cout have but we dort know. You didnt know if you would survive te jungle o nt. 3. They ook asf theyve been runing fst. 6 Sara looked as it she had just woken up. Have they been running fast? How cid Sara ook? ‘Ayes, theyre probably sweating A She looked ted and she wasn't wearing her makeup. B No, they havent. 8 She certainly hadnt just woken up then They could wel have been C She could possibly just have looked tied but got up a lot earlier. Write the verbs in brackets in the correct form in each gap. When a situation is hypothetical or unlikely, use unreal tenses. 1. Dave talks as though he (grow up] in the UK, but he actualy only moved here three. months ago. 2 Iwas such @ mess when | got home I looked as if! (drag) through 2 hedge backwards! 3. Itwas such a bad case of fu that | honestly felt as i (go) to die 4. When | saw Corin on TV last night, it felt as if he swe (90) chat shows for ages. | can't believe this was his first one! 5 Harcip looked as if he (have) the worst possible news. In fact, he'd failed his finals 6 Don't you think Maria sometimes looks as though she. (wish) she'd been born in ‘another century? 7. Rupert often dresses as though he (rot in money but he's actually on the date 8 You kids are behaving as iit (be) a schoo! night. tris, you know! 9. How can you sit there as if nothing... (happen)? £ Make each of these statements or questions as polite as possible by using past tenses. 1 What time {you, want) to be woken tomorrow morning? 21 (look) for an engagement present for a young couple. BW vn (wonder) whether you nnn Want) f0 G0 Out tis evening. 4 Excuse me, sir. sess (OUy Plan) to park there for long? 5 (you, wish) to see me about something, Mr Pat? 6 i nee (you, look) for anything in particular? 7 : ‘you, want) mik and sugar in your tea? 81 (hope) you (give) me a hand tomorrow. 9 How long (you, intend) to stay here? 01 (wonder) if you (pay) by crecit card, madam. 109110 + look * make start © stop is a allow buy call »do + getup «give * go *leam 1 Ws high tine you smoking, I's a disgusting habit 2 Wes time you for ajob, young man! 3 think its time we ‘anew carpet. This one's got holes init 4 It’s time for you kids your homework 5 Its about time the government listening to the views of ordinary people © Wake up, Boonie. t's ime now. 7. Dont you think its time you a pay tse? 8 It’stime for you a partner in the firm; you've been with them for over eight years, ate 9 Ws definitely time to stay out after ten o'clock at right. ey 10 Ws time for us row, Sammy. Are you ready? 11 Isnt about time you to drive? 12 Isita good time ‘Runt Audrey? What time is iin Australia? G Write a word or short phrase in each gap so that each second sentence has a similar meaning to the first sentenc 1 We'd prefer the successful candidate to have previous experience inthe field. We'd rather the successful candidate previous experience in the field, 2 Would you prefer me to come back later? Would you rather... vw ater? 3 To be honest, Id prefer you not to tell anyone about ths. To be honest, fd rather ‘anyone about ths. 4 Id prefer us to get a new kitchen rather than go on an expensive holiday. Id sooner wa new kitchen thn smn ON BN expensive holiday. 5. Dad said he'd prefer Brian tobe ving nearer home and | agree with him. Dad said he'd rather Brian... one NAAT home and | agree with him. 6 | would prefer her tobe sent on a training course rather than sacked. | would rather ona traning course than sacked 7 td prefer us not total about this right now, you don't mind. FO SO0MEF nnn AbOU ths Fight Now, you dont mind, 8 Of course | would have preferred you to tell me the truth Of course | Would rather nnn ‘me the truth 9 | think Jeanne would defintely prefer to havea tradtional wedding. I thnk Jeanne would definitely rather a tradtional wedding, 10. We would have preferred ther not to have stayed so long, thats true. We Would S001 nnn $0 ONG, that’ NUE. H Circle the correct word or phrasi Ht both are correct, circle both. 1 All of my friends have got mobiles. | wish | have / had one to! 2. Don't you sometimes wish you ran / were running this company? 3. Ifonly we didn't leave / hadn't left the map at home! 4 If only we don't / didn't have to goto schoo! tomorrow, 5 Ido wish the bus came / would come. Im going to be late.‘Unreal time Unit 13 6 Doyou ever wish that you sang / could sing really wel? 7. There's only realy one thing | regret. | wish | could go / have gone to university but of course, in those days, itjust wasn't possible. 8 Excuse me, | wish I spoke /to speak tothe person in charge. 9 Iwish / hope it snows tomorrow! 10 Why on earth does Geoffrey wish he would be given / they would give him a knighthood? 11 Wel, | dort thnk its a very sensible business venture, but | do wish you luck / lucky. 12 Myerendfather aways wished that he was / had been taler. 13 Ifonly you were / you'd been watching Thomas instead of checking your emai, He wouldnt have fallen off the side then. 14 | do wish the taxi driver didn’ go / wasn't going so sly. We're never going to get there! 15 only Peggy wasn't / hadn't been sent off 'm sure we'd have won the match. 1 Choose the correct answer. 1 Imagine when the ancient 5 Its amazing how Jenny acts as though she and Egyptians bul the pyramids. How would your life Darren _ ns Sefious problems at have been diferent” the moment ‘Ayou'd been ving you lve ‘aren't having Chadn'thad Byou'e living D youve been ting B weren't having D hadi been having 2 What if your cat suddenly toyu 6 either of you want some right now? How would you react? more dessert? Ahad started taking starts taking ‘Aad coid Bis starting totalk started taking B Would DWere 3 Would Rubik have become rch ithe 7 you to attend the wedding, would the Rubik's Cube? you stil have to reply tothe invtation? hadnt invented C didi invent ‘arent planing C werent planning Bhadnt been inventing D wasnt venting B dont pian D hadnt been planing 4 Its high time Fd ofthis old sof, 8 Apparent, Lewis would rater we Awe got Corus to get anything special or his 18 birthday Bwe get Dto get next month. A don't organise C havent organised B did't organise Darent going to organise J Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words, including the word given. 1 Pauline doesnit want tobe given a main part inthe school pay. rather Pauline ‘a main part in the school play 2 Wed get tee te Mista tat was 2 ent stae. aly t to meet the Minister 3 my dor te top mang so mich noe downstairs? wish ee making 50 much noise downstairs! 4 What a shame | dit see his face when you told rim the news. could Hvis. his face when you told him the news. 5 Dorit you think they should bring out a new version of MatchPlayer? about Dont you think it. cut a new version of MatchPlayer? {6 only knew about the meeting because Cynthia rang me. i ‘ would have knawn about the meeting me. Tr