If it’s a hot spring, our classroom will be very warm.

And if our classroom is very warm, it’ll be impossible to study English!

A. You’re right I hope it isn’t a hot spring.

 

1. - Do you think the train will be verycrowded?

- I hope not. If …………, we’ll have to stand.

And if …………, we’ll be exhausted by the timewe get to work!

- You are right. I hope ……………

2. - Do you think the boss will retire this year?

- I hope not. If ……………, his son will take his place. And if ………., everybody will quit!

- You are right. I hope ………………!

3. - Do you think inflation will get worse this year?

- I hope not. If ……………, I’ll have to take a secondjob.

- And if …………….., my family will be very upset.

- You are right. I hope …………….

 

Express your hope that the following things will not happen, and say what will be if they happen. Use the above dialogs as a model:

It will be very cold tonight.

It’ll rain tomorrow.

The bus will be late today.

The landlord will raise the rent for the apartment.

The TV set will be at the repair shop for a long time.

John will skip his class in physics.

The car won’t start in the morning.

We will fail at the examination.

The President will retire from his office.

The personnel will be fired.

Exercise 4. Mrs. Pratt is packing to go on holiday in Austria. She takes a lot of useful things along with her, just in case. Make sentences according to the model:

She takes a German phrase book in case the hotel staff doesn’t speak English.

SHE’S PACKING

A pack of cards, a racket, a thick sweater, a swimsuit, aspirins, binoculars, her address books, some books, walking boots…

IN CASE

She decides to send postcards, she has tine to read, she meets people to play fridge, she wants to go walking, the hotel has a heated pool, the sun gives her a headache, the weather is cold, there is a tennis court, she wants to go bird-watching,..

Think of some other things she may take along with her for the journey – just in case…

 

Exercise 5. Here is a nice story. Insert the missing verbs in the required form and tell this story to your group-mates. You might as well tell your own story with the same idea.

HIGH HOPES

One day a young country girl was going to town with a bucket of milk on her head. She said to herself:

“When I (come) to the market, I’ll sell the milk at a high price and buy twenty eggs with the money. Out of these eggs I’ll get twenty chickens. As soon as the chickens (be) large enough, I’ll sell them and buy a new dress for myself. It’ll be a yellow dress to match my hair. On May Day, if the weather (be) fine, if it (not rain) I’ll put on my yellow dress and go to the town. Everybody will look at me and say: “What a beautiful girl!” But I’ll pass by without looking at them. I’ll only shake my head like that.” Without noticing it she shook her head and down came the milk, the eggs, the chickens and the yellow dress.

Exercise 6. Join the beginnings and ends, putting in if:

Beginnings	Ends
Anybody asks you what you’re doing, How can you make decisions I buy three kilos, I don’t get up till nine, I can’t fix the video, I’ll go with you The shops are easy to get to We don’t have to go out You are ready before eight, You have to practice	I’ll take it back to the shop. You’re not feeling up to it. Say you’re with me. That’ll do for a few weeks. I never get anything done. We can catch the early train. You want to learn a musical instrument. You don’t know what’s going on? You like. You park near the station.

 

Exercise 7. Complete these sentences any way you like:

I’ll be surprised if.........

I’ll be very happy if.........

I’ll be sorry if.........

I’ll be very upset.........

Exercise 8. Practice these dialogs according to the model ones:

A. Why don’t our grandchildren visit us more often?

B. They don’t have enough time. If they had more time, they would visit us more often.

A. Why isn’t Melvin a good salesman?

B. He isn’t aggressive enough. If he were more aggressive, he would be a good salesman.

 

- Why doesn’t Sally get good grades? - She doesn’t study enough. If ……

- Why isn’t Mark a good driver? - He isn’t careful enough. If ……

- Why don’t I feel energetic? - You don’t sleep enough. If ……

- Why doesn’t Alex enjoy playing baseball? - He isn’t athletic enough. If ……

- Why doesn’t Pete have friends at college? - He isn’t outgoing enough. If ……

- Why doesn’t Sam have a yearly checkup? - He isn’t concerned enough about his health. It ……

- Why aren’t you satisfied about your Jobs? - We don’t get paid enough. If ……

- Why don’t I enjoy life? - You aren’t relaxed enough. If ……

- Why aren’t most people in good physical condition? - They don’t exercise enough. If ……

- Why don’t our congressmen do something about pollution? - They aren’t concerned enough about the environment. If ……