Conditional Sentences and Thematic Vocabulary for ESL Practice
Conditional Sentences Practice
Answers: Mixed Sentence Forms
- Hadn’t bought
- Spent
- Had found out
- She’ll have to
- Wouldn’t have to
6. Were / 7. Have
If Clauses: Corrected Sentences
- If you want to lose weight, you’ll need to exercise more.
- If he’s late, he can meet us at the Blue Note Cafe.
- If she hadn’t seen him burgle the house, he wouldn’t have been imprisoned.
- If he were rich and famous, he’d be happy.
- If he hadn’t fallen asleep, he wouldn’t have missed the end of the movie.
Conjunction Choices
1. unless
2. provided that
3. as long as
4. provided that
5. unless
6. as long as
7. as long as
8. unless
9. as long as
10. while
Time Clauses and Sequence
- Rob will phone us as soon as he arrives.
- I’ll get ready while you decide where to go.
- He’ll let you see the painting when he has finished it.
- Let’s do something before it’s over.
- Tim will fail his driving test unless he practises more.
Common Phrases and Collocations
- OBLIGED: are obliged to wear
- IF: if she had not missed
- GRANTED: took it for granted
- LONG: as long as
- WOULDN’T: … she wouldn’t be
- CONSIDERATION: should take into consideration
- WORKS: works out
- MIND: mind answering
- TURNED: would have turned up
- WORD: took her word for it
- WOULD: if you ate more, you wouldn’t
- EXPRESSED: expressed an interest in
- CAME: came second
- WORD: take her word for it
- UNLESS: cry unless she is hungry
- IF: If I eat chocolate
- WOULD: would have shown
VOCABULARIO TEMA 12
- Natural habitat
- Cure
- Poison; envenenar
- Activate
- Helpless; impotente
- Interferes with; interferir con
- Irresponsible
- Volcano; extinct — volcán extinguido
- Irritating
- Selected; seleccionado
- Recover; recuperar
- Half-hearted; a medias
- Evolution
- Wide range of; gran rango de
- Get rid of; deshacerse de
- Bacteria
- Stomach bug; virus estomacal
- Astonishment; asombro
- Household pet; animal doméstico
- Treat; tratar / Natural remedy; medicinal
- Calming; calmante
- Sore; dolorido / Heal; sanar
- Activists; activistas / Carry out; llevar a cabo
VOCABULARIO TEMA 11
- Sports club; club deportivo
- Fitness centre; gimnasio
- Work out; ejercitarse
- Membership; miembro
- Trial period; periodo de prueba
- Strict; estricto
- Personal trainer; entrenador personal
- State-of-the-art; lo último, novedad
- Standard; estándar (formulario)
- Locker; taquillas
- Monitor / Special rates; tarifas especiales
- Spacious; espacioso
- Purchase; compra
- Is obliged to; está obligado a
- Sessions; sesiones
- Instructor; profesor / Individual
- Indoor; deporte de interior
- Regularly / Amenities; comodidades
- Take into consideration; tomar en cuenta
- League; liga / Medical restriction
- Express an interest / Cancellation
- Minimum / Assessed; evaluado
- Refund; reembolso / Run-of-the-mill; el típico