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Advanced Communication Skills

Notes 5- If such a merger were ever to be proposed, it would undoubtedly be referred to the
Monopolies Commission.
6- If it were not for the expense involved, I would go there by air.

7- If it hadn't been for your laziness, you could have finished the work by now.
8- If he had taken a little more time to think, he might have acted more sensibly.
9- If the attempted assassination had succeeded, there would almost certainly have
been civil and political chaos.
10- If the driver of the train hadn't reacted so quickly, the accident would have been
much worse

11.5 Summary

This basically focuses on the form of target grammar point, where explicit teaching method is
applied and students are exposed to basic structures, variations, and negations of target grammar
point to form a general idea of it. Some drills are followed to strengthen students' short memory
of the grammar point

11.6 Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:

1. If the weather is fine, we ............................. prune the bushes.
2. If I ..................... you, I ....................... accept the job.
3. If I .............. (win, won) a prize in the lottery, I could travel to the Far East.

4. If it ................... (rains, rained) all day and night, there might be a severe flood here.
5. If only she ....................... him in time, his life might have been saved.
6. If the dog had been ......................., it had not bitten the salesman.
7. If the tyre was not ...................., they could have arrived earlier.
8. If he had an ......................... in the bank, he can cash the cheque.

9. If I ........................ more, I would have invited your friends for lunch.

11.7 Review Questions

1. If he behaves himself, his father .......................... take him to the zoo.
2. If the sports complex is not built by June, the public ......................... complain.

3. If his mother does not accompany him, he .......................... not go to the dentist.
4. If you apologize, she ............................. speak to you again.
5. If you miss the bus, you can ......................... (take, have taken) a taxi.
6. If you ............................ (have, had) proof of your innocence, they will not blame you for
what happened.
7. If you take the right turning, you ........................ (have come, are coming, will come) to a
dead end.

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