LYING IN THE SUN

Two tramps, Eugine and Sergio, were lying in the sun.

Eugine:	What (1) ___ (we/doing) if the sun (2) ___ (not shining)?
Sergio:	Well, (3) ___ (we/not be) lying here for a start. But that’s not the important question. The important question is: what (4) ___ (we do) if (5) ___ (we/be) rich?
Eugine:	If (6) ___ (we/be) rich, we (7) ___ (can/travel) everywhere.
Sergio:	True, but we travel everywhere already.
Eugine:	Yes, but not in style. If (8) ___ (we/have) money, our chauffeur, James, (9) ___ (can/drive) us round in our Rolls. Imagine, if (10) ___ (we/be) in that position. (11) ___ (We/return) to our fine mansion in the country.
Sergio:	Yes, the butter (12) ___ (put out) fresh clothes for us, the cook (13) ___ (prepare) a fine meal for us. We (14) ___ not just be eating carrots all the time.
Eugine:	Yes. If (15) ___ (we/own) a house like that, (16) ___ (we/also/have) a fine swimming-pool.
Sergio:	Yes! Yes! If (17) ___ (we/have) a fine swimming-pool, we (18) ___ (can/swim) as much as we liked.
Eugine:	If (19) ___ (we/be) really rich, we (20) ___ (can/lie) in the sun!
Sergio:	But weare lying in the sun!

9. Your friend can’t decide where to go on holiday. Make some suggestions about where he/she could go and what he/she could do. (He/She could visit famous buildings; practise languages; eat national dishes; do/watch certain sports).

Model: Spain

If you went to Spain, you could eat paella, lie in the sun, watch a bull-fight and speak Spanish.

1) London; 2) Scotland; 3) India; 4) Mexico; 5) Paris; 6) Italy; 7) Egypt;

8) New York.

10. Translate into English:

1) Я бы не интересовался этим вопросом, если бы не возрастало его значение.

2) На вашем месте, я бы разговаривал с дочерью по-английски.

3) Если бы я разбогатела, я бы купила новый автомобиль.

4) – Куда бы ты сходил, если бы у тебя было свободное время? – Я бы, конечно, сходил в кино. Очень интересный фильм идёт в нашем кинотеатре.

5) Если бы театр был ближе, мы смогли бы пойти пешком.

6) – Кого бы вы пригласили, если бы организовали вечер в институте? – Мы бы пригласили своих друзей.

7) – Что бы ты купила, если бы твоя подруга пригласила тебя на день рождения? – Я бы, конечно, купила цветы. Она очень любит цветы.

8) На вашем месте, я бы не принимал столь скоропалительное и необдуманное решение.

9) – Пойдём сыграем футбол! – Я бы с большим удовольствием присоединился к вам, если бы не завтрашний экзамен по математике.

10) Твоё платье сразу бы стало выглядеть лучше, если бы ты поменяла пуговицы.

11) Я бы дала тебе её адрес, если бы знала его.

12) На твоём месте я бы обратился к адвокату, а ты предпочитаешь помощь какого-то Спарка.

13) Она не взяла бы деньги, даже если бы он и предложил.

14) Если бы он интересовался английским, то использовал бы любую возможность поговорить на языке.

15) Мы бы увидели эту парочку, если бы подождали ещё минутку.

Unit 5 Type III ConditionalS

1. Type III Conditionals assume something purely imaginary in the if -clause and consider the imagined consequences in the main clause.

if-clause main clause

if + Past Perfect would + Perfect Infinitive

If he had tried harder, he would have succeeded.

Other modals can replace would in Type III Conditionals when we feel that theimagined consequences were less likely, or when we are referring toability, possibility, etc.:

imagined condition imagined outcome

If he had been here yesterday, he could have told us (ability).

If he had been here yesterday, he might have told us (possibility).

If he had received a present, he should have thanked her (duty).

2. Type III Conditionals refer to consequences which did not and could not ever happen because they refer to something that didn't happen in the past.

If I had seen her, I would have been very glad.

Если бы я увиделаеё, ябыла бы очень рада. (но я не увидела её и не могла быть рада)

If I had worked harder at school, I'd have got a better job (referring to something possible: often expressing regret).

If I had lived in the Stone Age, I would have been a hunter (referring to a completely impossible situation).

3. If I had been you/in your position

These expressions are often used to describe actions we would have followed in someone else's positions.

If I had been you I would have married to him

4. Inversion with had in Type III Conditionals

The form Had (he) is a formal variation of if (he) had.

Had the management acted sooner, the strike wouldn't have happened.