Lesson XXIV: Conditional Statements - PART I

Exercise: A.2.2. Speculate about the Past Use the fragment given to produce a long response. For example: What would you have done if you had been sick yesterday? - visit the doctor - I WOULD’VE VISITED THE DOCTOR IF I’D BEEN SICK YESTERDAY. What would you have done if someone had stolen your bike? - call the police - I WOULD’VE CALLED THE POLICE IF SOMEONE HAD STOLEN MY BIKE. 1. What would you have done if you had been Napoleon? -conquer Russia- 2. What would you have done if you had grown by the Nile in Egypt? -ride crocodiles- 3. What would you have done if you had found $500,000 yesterday? -give it to you- 4. What would you have done if you had been Einstein? -accept quantum mechanics- 5. What would you have done if you had been born in 12 th century? -cancel inquisition- 6. What could you have done if you had needed money last week? -borrow some- 7. What could you have done if you had torn your coat yesterday? -buy a new one- 8. What might you have done if you had had a vacation last week? -go fishing- 9. What might you have done if you had been Adam? -have an apple- 10. What might you have done if you had been born in Scotland? -be a pony farmer- 11. What would you have done if you had been Columbus? -discover America- 12. What would you have done if you had had a jet airplane? -fly around the globe- 13. What would you have done if you had been terminator? -defeat violence- 14. What would you have done if you had been immortal? -ask to be mortal again- 15. What would you have done if you had fallen from a tree? -discover the law of gravity- 16. What would you have done if you had been invisible? -enjoy her privacy- 17. What would you have done if you had been a Martian? -bid ‘bye’ to humans on Earth- Exercise: A.2.3. Practice Speculations about the Past Use the fragments to continue the list of conditional statements. Use the main statement body from previous as the actional of condition in the succeeding statement. For example: Situation: It WASN’T POSSIBLE for you and your friends to go to New York. What would you have done? If we’d received our money, we would’ve visited New York. - go by plane- IF WE’D VISITED NEW YORK, WE WOULD’VE GONE BY PLANE. 1. -land at Kennedy Airport- 5. -have a nice view of New York- 2. -take a bus to Manhattan- 6. -see her in the Central Park- 3. -see the Empire State Building- 7. -run down there- 4. -get to the top- 8. -catch her by surprise-