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Answers to exercises Friday 24th^ April
Third Conditional (Practice 1)
- ‘Karl was hurt easily. He was a very sensitive person.’
If Karl hadn’t been a very sensitive person, he wouldn’t have been hurt easily.
- ‘I saw my neighbour kicking the dog. I called the police.’
If I hadn’t seen my neighbour kicking the dog, I wouldn’t have called the police.
- ‘The lawyer only cared about money. He didn’t win the case.’
If the lawyer hadn’t cared only about money, he would / could have won the case.
- ‘History wasn’t taught properly at school. It was difficult for pupils to understand it.’
If history had been taught properly at school, it wouldn’t have been difficult for pupils to understand it.
- ‘It was difficult to decide what to do. Jane was always indecisive.’
If Jane hadn’t always been so indecisive, it wouldn’t have been difficult to make a decision.
- ‘The judge had a heart attack. The trial was postponed.’
If the judge hadn’t had a heart attack, the trial wouldn’t have be en postponed.
- ‘I didn’t recognize him after so long. They didn’t tell me it was Frank.’
If they had told me he was Frank, I would / could have recognised him after so long.
- ‘Susan couldn’t go to the university. She liked Chemistry and was very good at it.’
If Susan had gone to the university, she would / could have become a great chemist.
- ‘I forgot all about it. You didn’t remind me.’
If you had reminded me, I wouldn’t have forgotten all about it / I would have remembered all about it.
- ‘Hugh never listened to what I said. That’s why it happened.’
If Hugh had listened to what I said, it wouldn’t have happened.
- ‘I decided not to take that job. Afterwards, I felt unhappy.’
If I had decided to take the job, I wouldn’t have felt unhappy afterwards.
- ‘Sheila was under great stress. The working atmosphere was bad.’
If the working atmosphere had not been bad, Sheila wouldn’t have been under great stress.
- ‘He was drunk. He had a terrible car accident.’
If he hadn’t been drunk, he w ouldn’t have had a terrible car accident.
- ‘Eve didn’t pass her finals so she couldn’t graduate in June.’
If Eve had passed her finals, she would / could have graduated in June.
- ‘You treated people unkindly. They didn’t like you.’
If you hadn’t treated people unkindly, they would have liked you.
- ‘Laura rented a flat in the town center. She didn’t know it was so noisy.’
Laura wouldn’t have rented a flat in the town center if she had known it was so noisy.
- F (during a long period of peace in Japan things didn’t go well for the samurai and eventually, in the 1860s, they lost their position of power in Japanese society.)
- T (As well as being soldiers, they used to socialize with artists, writers and philosophers. Samurai generals did flower arranging and went to the theatre.)
- F (The martial arts tradition continues in Japan to this day)
- T (h e is one of the world’s greatest action figures.)
Ex. 5
- appeal
- overcoming
- fierce
- battle-weary
- unarmed
- lone
Ex. 6
- This sentence could come after: ‘Here we teach the spirit of winning, but it’s not so much defeating an opponent as overcoming one’s own self. These days it seems everyone is looking for someone to blame rather than focusing on himself. Our message here is that if you try hard, at kendo or anything else, you will enjoy life.’
- This sentence could come after: ‘(… ) the rich landowners might not have decided to employ private soldiers and the samurai might never have existed.’
- This sentence doesn’t fit well in the text.
- This sentence could come after: ‘(…) even to samurai, and it must have been very inviting to battle-weary warriors.
- This sentence could come after: ‘The samurai have inspired hundreds of films, video games, comic books, and TV dramas.’
Ex. 7
- a fought
- c weren’t good
- c weakened
- b return to the past
Ex. 8
- progressed in a bad way; when a problem happens and causes the failure of something.
- continued without stopping (for a period of time).
- is rising
- became silent
- continue; carry on
- make an attempt; try
