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Modern English part II—Sentence & Complex Structures Exercises for Non-native Speakers 2-7 REAL CONDITIONS (2) GENERAL TIME



pp. 30~31 Real conditions may be used in general statements about repeated events. General time is good, (timeless) Past time good,



(Generally) If (or when, whenever) the weather I go to the beach. (Last time) If (or when, whenever) the weather was



sh is ar stu ed d v i y re aC s o ou urc rs e eH w er as o. co m



I went to the beach.



Note that for general time, the present tense is used for both clauses; for past time, the past tense is used for both clauses. Note further that in each sentence if may be replaced by when or whenever. A. Supply the correct forms for timeless real conditions EXAMPLE:



If they (have) have money, they (go) go to the theater.



1. If we (go) go to their house, we always (bring) bring a present.



2. If I (sit down) sit down to watch television, I (not notice) don’t notice how quickly the time passes. 3. If she (have) has financial troubles, she (ask) asks her father to help her.



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4. Our cat never (eat) eats if we (leave) leave her in the house alone.



5. If he (make) makes a large sale, he (take) takes his wife out to an expensive restaurant. 6. If the weather (be) is very bad, all the schools (be) are closed. 7. Her headache (get) gets better if she (take) takes an aspirin. 8. If her husband (not like) doesn’t like her new dress, she (return) returns it Page 1 of 2 This study source was downloaded by 100000822361637 from CourseHero.com on 03-29-2021 09:23:46 GMT -05:00



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Modern English part II—Sentence & Complex Structures Exercises for Non-native Speakers 2-7 REAL CONDITIONS (2) GENERAL TIME



to the store. 9. He (take) takes a walk in the park if he (have) has time.



B. Begin each sentence in A with last year and give the verb forms for past real conditions. EXAMPLE:



Last year, if they (have) had money, they (go) went to



the



sh is ar stu ed d v i y re aC s o ou urc rs e eH w er as o. co m



theater.



1. Last year, if we (go) went to their house, we always (bring) brought a present.



2. Last year, if I (sit down) sat down to watch television, I (not notice) didn’t notice how quickly the time passes.



3. Last year, if she (have) had financial troubles, she (ask) asked her father to help her. 4. Last year, our cat never (eat) ate if we (leave) left her in the house alone.



Th



5. Last year, if he (make) made a large sale, he (take) took his wife out to an expensive restaurant. 6. Last year, if the weather (be) was very bad, all the schools (be) were closed.



7. Last year, her headache (get) got better if she (take) took an aspirin. 8. Last year, if her husband (not like) didn’t like her new dress, she (return) returned it to the store. 9. Last year, he (take) took a walk in the park if he (have) had time. Page 2 of 2 This study source was downloaded by 100000822361637 from CourseHero.com on 03-29-2021 09:23:46 GMT -05:00



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