CONTENTS: CONDITIONALS, EMPHASIS, PASSIVE VOICE

   

   I. CONDITIONALS

   1 All these sentences are conditionals. Write the verb in brackets in the correct form.

   1   I ____________(see) you later if you decide to come.

   2   She ______________(buy) it if she had the money.

   3   They __________________(not/go) if they’d have known it was going to be so long.

   4   If there hadn’t been those early risk-takers, this company _____________(not/be) here now.

   5   Will they invest if the price ____________ (come) down?

   6   Would people use solar power if government’s ________________ (encourage) them
   financially?

   7   I wonder if they _______________ (cut) carbon emissions if they could see the current
   situation.

   8   If we ______________ (not/be) so reliant on oil now, we wouldn’t have to pay such high
   prices for it.

   9   More wind power would be used if it ________ (be) more efficient.

   

   10. Pollution levels __________ (be) lower today if when planning cities in the past  planners
   _________________ (design) cities for pedestrians and not for cars.

   

   11. I ____________________ (buy) an electric car already if they were cheaper.

   

   12. If I _______________________ (not, have) so much work to finish by this evening, I´d have
   gone with you to the conference.

   

   13. If the government is planning to build new nuclear power stations, then they
   ____________________________________ (say) so before they were elected.

   

   14. In nuclear waste disposal wasn´t such a problem, then more power stations
   ______________________ (build) by now.

   

   

   

   II. EMPHASIS

   1 Rewrite these sentences to give emphasis using the words that follow.

   1   He didn’t get the job and he lost his current job.

        Not only_____________________________but_____________________________.

   2   Surveys show that our customers prefer a less formal approach.

        What surveys show____________________________________________________.

   3   He has problems at home. They cause his strange behaviour at work.

        It is his___________________________ that explain_________________________.

   4   You should on no account lend your money to them.

        On no account________________________________________________________.

   5   The markets have never risen this quickly before.

        Never_______________________________________________________________.

   6   An employee can only complain about a manager in extreme cases.

            Only_____________________________________________________________.

   III. PASSIVE VOICE

   Rewrite these sentences with the words that follow in the active or passive.

   1   The judge asked him to leave the court.

   He was ______________________________________________________.

   2   This exposes any company to a lawsuit.

   Any company _________________________________________________.

   3   All the victims were paid compensation by the government.

   The government________________________________________________.

   4   Attorneys are suing the companies.

   Companies____________________________________________________.

   5   If they could convince the court, we’d be OK.

   If the court_________________________________________, we’d be OK.

   6   The outcome will be announced later today.

   The spokesperson_______________________________________________.

   7   The documents had been leaked by an unknown source.

   An unknown source______________________________________________.

   8   The firm had never produced any evidence.

   No evidence___________________________________________________.

   9   We launched the drug in 1988.

   The drug_____________________________________________________.

   10  Pharmaceutical firms are being attacked from all sides by their critics.

   Critics_____________________________________________________.