MORE DIFFICULT GRAMMAR -- Answers

Unit 14 – Second Conditional

A.
she would go
she lived
he didn’t eat
he would have
she got
he wouldn’t smoke

B.
they discovered oil in Ireland
doctors found a cure for cancer
young people stopped buying pop records
astronauts visited Mars

C.
I had good eyesight.
I could speak German.
I had a degree.
I was/were 18.

D.
were fewer cars
drove more slowly
would have more time for reading
ate fewer sweets
more people travelled by bus
had more time to cook…would eat less ‘fast food’

Unit 15 – Third Conditional

A.
If she had spoken German very well, she would have applied for the job.
If her friend hadn’t phoned, she wouldn’t have heard about the teaching jobs.
If she hadn’t contacted the company, they wouldn’t have asked her to go for an interview.
If the interview had gone badly, the director wouldn’t have offered Ellen the job.
If Ellen had known some Spanish, she would have started at once.
If she hadn’t been good at languages, she wouldn’t have made rapid progress.

B.
had lost….. would have phoned
had not broken .. would have gone
would have made.. had not forgotten

C.
I had told the truth.
wishes he hadn’t borrowed some money from his mother
wishes she gad got up early
wishes he had gone to the party
wish I had send Jill a birthday card
Fiona wishes she had helped her sister
He wishes he hadn’t shouted at her children

Unit 16 – Zero, first and second conditionals

A.
If you heat gold to 1063 degrees, it melts.
If you heat alcohol to 78 degrees, it boils.
If you heat silver to 960 degrees, it melts.

B.
come… will go
writes .. will tell
will forgive …pays
will feel…stops
needs… will lend
listens … will know

C.
might
will
will
might…might

D.
unless you telephone first
if they don’t invite you
if you can’t swim
unless we win on Saturday

E.
wouldn’t be able to move about so easily in the dark
wouldn’t be able to recognize people
wouldn’t be able to help blind people
wouldn’t be able to remember everything
Horses wouldn’t be able to pull heavy loads

Unit 25 – Passive Sentences (1)

A.
The planet Pluto was discovered in 1930.
Two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan in 1945.
John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas.
The first Apple computers were produced in the 1970s.
The Eiffel Tower was built a hundred years ago.
The first jet planes were made in Germany.
In 1957, millions of pounds were stolen from a train.
Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1953.
In the old days, horses were used for transport.
The first books were printed in the 15th century.
Everest was climbed for the first time in 1953.

B.
The drug penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
The song ‘Yesterday’ was written by the Beatles.
The detective Hercule Poirot was created by Agatha Christie.
The ‘Eroica’ symphony was composed by Beethoven.
‘Gone with the Wind’ was written by Margaret Mitchell.
The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell.
The jet engine was designed by Frank Whittle.
‘Jurassic Park’ was directed by Steven Spielberg.
The ‘Mona Lisa’ was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.

C.
was given some flowers
was offered a wonderful job
will be given a present
was sent a strange letter
will be paid over five hundred pounds
has been promised a bicycle for her birthday
was given the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911
We weren’t told the truth.

Unit 26 – Passive Sentences (2)

A.
are made
was being built
must be typed
have been cleaned
were broken
has been stolen

B.
was Mary examined?
will the food be prepared?
has this window been broken?
C.
was not examined this morning
will not be prepared on Friday
has not been broken three times

D.
has been won by the French team
were being trained by a woman
can be played by people of all ages
was being watched by a large crowd
was sent by the secretary
have been marked by two different teachers
is being followed by a police car

E.
were built
be finished
been attacked
been taken
be posted
be made
were being loaded
are being typed

Unit 28 – Verb + to or Verb + ing

A.
to go
playing
to buy
to take
repairing
to visit
talking
to help
to pay
to live
talking
to go

B.
gave up studying
enjoy doing
deserve to pass
refuses to listen
keep studying
offered to help
promised to study
want to talk
stop asking
dislike listening
seem to think
need to study
have to find

C.
to buy
to open
meeting
to phone
taking
washing
to finish
to feed
to invite

Unit 36 – Articles

A.
an .. a
an.. a
an…a…an

B.
the ….a
the….a
a ….The
a ….the
the….a
The …a

C.
an… the….the
a…a….a…a…the…a
a….the…a
the…the….the….the…the

D.
a
a
some
an
The
some
the
the
the
A
the
a
a

E.
Turn to chapter four.
Who knows the answer to question two?
I have to do the second sentence.
Now look at test two.