UNIT WORLD POPULATION II Complete each of the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the box increase expect decrease reach limit raise control populate support freeze North America was once widely populated by Native American tribes The world's population is expected to be over billion by 2010 The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million Water freezes at OoC Parents should control what their kids watch on television The number of new students decreased from 210 to 160 this year My family have been raising sheep for over 60 years How can we support our families on such low wages? Profits are expected to reach £2 billion this year 10 The role that women could play was socially limitted III Fill in the blank with a suitable word to complete the passage China is the most populous country of the world Its (1) population is approximately 1.3 billion people, which is almost 22% of the (2) world population The population density is high in the southeast: 43 percent of the land contains most of its population A quarter of the population (3) of China is in the middle and lower parts of the Yangtze River, and the population density (4) reaches 663 people per square kilometer Shanghai is China's largest city, (5) whose population density reaches 2,118 people per square kilometer China's population growth rate has (6) decreased in the past years, although its population is still increasing In the 1970s, the government started to implement birth (7) control programs to the people: late marriage, late childbearing, a one-child family, and a four-year period between two (8) births in the countryside where each couple may have more than one child, According to the report of Major Figures of Population of China, the annual growth rate of China's population (9) fell from 25.83% (in 1070) down to 11.21% (in 1994) and to 8.77% (in 1999) in the past 20 years This should be (10) considered a great success IV Underline the best answers If you have left/ left home before I get there, I will/ would meet you at the airport How will/ would your father react if you leave/ left school? If you will go/ go to England next month, you will/ must drive on the left Were/ Was I your doctor, I'd insist that you stop smoking You may/ might be sorry if you spend/ spent all your money Will/ Can I use your computer, if I am/ were careful? Will/ Would people be able to fly if they have/ had feathers instead of hair? If anyone should/ might call, would you please take a message? If your mother is/ were here, I'm sure she won't/ wouldn't let you eat all those chocolates 10 Were they not/ Weren’t they rich, they couldn't have gone to the USA for their holiday V 10 VI 10 11 12 13 Complete the sentences using one of the following pairs of verbs Use the past unreal conditional consider - be go - invite not promote – leave know - go get - not have find - drive know - not take hit - not pull drive - not happen grow up - learn If you hadn’t been promoted, Would you have left the firm? I would have gone to the party last night if I had been invited If I had known your father was in hospital, I would have gone to visit him They might have found a better hotel if they had driven a few more kilometers If I had known how difficult the job was, I wouldn’t have taken it I'm sure we would have got lost if we hadn’t had a map If you had driven more carefully, the accident wouldn’t have happened If you had grown up in Japan, you might have learned Japanese I might have considered taking the job if the salary had been higher The child would have been hit by a car if her mother hadn’t pulled her out of the street Put the verb into the correct form If the earth suddenly stoped (stop) spinning we all would fly (fly) off it If you smoke (smoke) in a non-smoking compartment the other passengers will/ may object (object) Wouldn’t your parents be (your parents/ not/ be) proud if they could see you now? If she hadn’t failed (not/ fail) one of her final exams she wouldn't have had to spend part of the summer in college I’ll lend you War and Peace if I have finished (finish) it before you go on holiday If we worked (work) all night we could/ would finish (finish) in time; but we have no intention of working all night If you had worked harder, you would have passed (pass) your final exam If you want to learn a musical instrument, you should practice (practise) There have been a lot of thefts from cars in the city center If you leave (leave) your car there, don’t leave (not leave) any valuabIes in it I don't have enough money to buy that house But if I had (have) more money, I would buy (buy) it I got wet because I didn't take my umbrella However, I wouldn’t have got (not/ get) wet if I had remembered (remember) to take my umbrella with me I'm broke, but I would have (have) plenty of money now if I hadn’t spent (not/ spend) so much yesterday Tom's hobby is collecting stamps from all over the world If he travels (travel) to a new country, he always spends (spend/ always) time looking for new stamps 14 I'm doing the test very well now I wouldn’t (not/ do) the test well if I hadn’t revised (not/ revise) thoroughly last night 15 Would you have taken (you/ take) that job if you had known (know) that you had to work nights? VII Using the given information, make conditional sentences Use if I don't ride the bus to school every morning because it's always so crowded I would take the bus to school every morning If it wasn't/ weren't always so crowded The schoolchildren sowed some seeds, but they forgot to water them so they didn't grow If the school-children hadn't forgotten/ had remembered to water the seeds, they would have grown Stop talking or you won't understand the lesson If you don't stop talking, you won't understand the lesson The wind is blowing hard, so we won't take the boat out for a ride If the wind wasn't/ weren't blowing hard, we would take the boat out for a ride Carol didn’t answer the phone because she was studying If Carol hadn't been studying she would have answered the phone I feel better now because you talked to me about my problems yesterday I wouldn't fee] better now if you hadn't talked to me about my problems yesterday Because I don't have enough free time, I can't help my mother with the housework If I had more free time I could help my mother with the housework Rita is exhausted today because she didn't get any sleep last night Rita wouldn't be exhausted today if she had gotten some sleep last night I didn't prepare for today's lesson: So it is difficult for me to understand the teacher's explanation It wouldn't be difficult for me to understand the teacher's explanation if I had prepared for today's lesson 10 I don't want them to be upset, so I've decided not to tell them what happened They would be upset if I told them what happened 11 Martin failed his driving test last week because he was very nervous If Martin hadn't been very nervous, he wouldn't have fallen/ would have passed his driving test last week 12 Go' right now or you'll be late for the train If you don't go right now, you’ll be late for the train 13 Sally doesn't know what she has to for homework because she was absent from school on Friday If Sally had not been absent from school on Friday, she would know what she has to for homework 14 Olga and Ivan weren't paying attention, so they didn't see the sign 15 VIII 10 11 12 13 14 marking their exit from the highway If Olga and Ivan had been paying attention, they would have seen the sign marking their exit from the highway Paulo is working on two jobs right now, so he doesn't have time to help you with your remodeling If Paulo wasn't/ weren't working on two jobs right now, he would have time to help you with your remodeling Change the following conditional sentences into reported speech 'If I had any money I'd buy you a drink,' she said to me She told me if she had/ had had some money she would buy/ would have bought me a drink 'If I catch the plane I'll be home by five,' he said He said if he caught the plane he would be home by five 'You should stay in bed if you feel unwell.' my mother said My mother advised inc to stay in bed if I felt unwell./My mother said that if I felt unwell should stay in bed 'What would you if you were having a problem with grammar, Jane?' Anne asked Anne asked Jane what she would do/ would have done if she were having/ had been having a problem with grammar 'If I'd had my mobile yesterday, I could have contacted you,' Matthew said Matthew said if he'd had his mobile the day before, he could have contacted me 'If I were you, I'd stop smoking,' she said to her brother She advised her brother to stop smoking 'If you happen to be in our area, drop in and see us,' they said They asked me to drop in and see them if I happened to be in their area 'If the baby is a girl what will they call her? he wondered He wondered what they would call the baby if it was a girl 'If I don't practise my English I won't get any better,' she said She said if she didn't practise her English she wouldn't get any better 'If you press this switch, the computer comes on,' he said to his students He told his students if they press/ pressed that switch, the computers comes/ came on 'I'd have been in bad trouble if Jane hadn't helped me,' he said He said he would have been in bad trouble if Jane hadn't helped him 'If you have time, wash the floor,' he said He told/ asked me to wash the floor if I had time./ He said that if t had time I was to wash the floor 'If the door is clocked what shall I do?' she asked She asked what she should if the door was/ were locked 'If we had a calculator, we could work this out a lot quicker,' they said They said if they had/ had had a calculator, they could work/ could have worked that out a lot quicker 15 'If you don't apologize, I'll never speak to you again.' he said He threatened not to speak to me again if I didn't apologize IX Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first Jack was late to the meeting because his watch was slow If Jack's watch hadn't been slow, he wouldn't have been late to the meeting Heinrich regret not having gone to art school when he was younger Heinrich wishes he had gone to art school when he was younger We don't live in a big city, so we can't easily get access to the Internet If we lived in a big city, we could easily get access to the Internet 'If your job is so bad, why don't you leave?' she said She advised me to leave my job (if it was so bad) I used my calculator; otherwise I'd have taken longer Had I not used my calculator, I would have taken longer 'If my car was working I would drive you to the station,' Tom said to his mother Tom told his mother that if his car was working/ had been working he would drivel would have driven her to the station Speak to her only if she speaks to you first Don't speak to her unless she speaks to you first If I weren't in my 70s and rather unfit, I might consider taking up squash Were I not in my 70s and rather unfit, I might consider taking up squash 'What will you if you miss your plane?' she asked She asked what I would if I missed my plane 10 Return the product to the shop if you have any complaints about it Should you have any complaints about the products, return it to the shop