the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past unreal conditional:
1 If Kudjo and Luna /not want/ to find the letters, they /not go/ to Luna’s country house last weekend.
2 If they /not go/ to Luna’s country house, they /not climb/ to the attic.
3 If they /not climb/ to the attic, they /not alarm/ bats there.
4 If they /not alarm/ bats, the little pup /not get/ frightened.
5 If the pup /not get/ frightened, it /not get/ stuck in a crack.
6 If it /not get/ stuck in a crack, it /fly/ away with its family.
7 If it /fly/ away with its family, it /not leave/ on its own.
8 If it /not leave/ alone, Kudjo /not find/ it in the tree.
EXERCISE 2
Put the verb in the correct form of the unreal conditional of past and answer the questions:
1 What you /do/ if you /find/ half a worm in the apple you were eating?
2 If you /be/ born a hundred years earlier, how your life /be/ different?
3 If you /allow/ to eat whatever you wanted in your childhood, what you /eat/?
4 What you /do/ if you /smash/ your friend’s laptop?
5 If for your last birthday a friend /present/ you a picture she had painted and you didn’t like it, you /put/ it on the wall in your house?
6 What you /do/ if you /see/ a huge spider in your bath last night?
7 What you /do/ if you /come/ home from shopping and /realise/ that you had forgotten to pay for something expensive?
8 What you /do/ yesterday if you /tell/ that all of us had only two days to live?
EXERCISE 3
Look at the situations and make sentences using the unreal conditional of past:
For example,
Kudjo fell off the wall and hurt his paw very much.– If Kudjo hadn’t fallen off the wall, he wouldn’t have hurt his paw.
1 Luna slipped on a banana skin. She twisted her leg.
2 Luna wanted to make tea. She burnt her paws with boiling water.
3 Luna’s mum dropped the iron. She burned her paw.
4 Luna’s dad didn’t drive carefully. He crashed his car.
5 Luna fell down the stairs. She hurt her knee.
6 Luna’s dad walked into a lamp post. He bumped his head.
7 Luna’s mum didn’t slice the bread carefully. She cut her paw badly.
8 Luna didn’t look where she was going. She crashed into a dustbin.
Has something triggered the curse of Luna’s family?
EXERCISE 4
Finish the sentences using the unreal conditional of past:
1 They wouldn’t have found out the truth if ….
2 If Luna’s parents had known that Luna had been in the attic and taken the box, ….
3 If Luna’s parents hadn’t come back home so soon, ….
4 Luna and Kudjo would have opened the box if ….
5 If Luna’s parents had told them the truth from the very beginning,…
6 Kudjo and Luna would have thrown the box away if ….
7 If they had known why the bats were occupying the attic, ….
8 If bats hadn’t flown away, ….
EXERCISE 5
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form of conditional sentences and guess the last word of the sentence:
1 If the bats hadn’t been alarmed, they /continue/ roosting in the attic and protecting the *****.
2 If nobody helps the little pup, it /not survive/ in the *****.
3 Kudjo and Luna would have helped the pup if it /not escape/ from *****.
4 They would have found it immediately if they /look/ in the backpack *****.
5 If they find it this time, they never /let/ it go until it is *****.
6 They wonder what the bats will do if they /realise/ that the pup is *****.
7 If they /realise/ it, will they come back to look for *****?
8 If they /come/ back, would they stay in the *****?
EXERCISE 6
Finish the sentences with your ideas using different types of conditional sentences:
1 If Chilly comes tomorrow, ….
If Chilly came tomorrow, ….
If Chilly had come last weekend, ….
2 If Kudjo and Luna saw the box, ….
If Kudjo and Luna sawed the box, ….
If Kudjo and Luna had sawn the box that time, ….
3 If Luna’s parents learn about the box,…
If Luna’s parents learnt about the box,…
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