Hypothetical situations in the present
Hypothetical situations in the past
Vocabulary: Science and processes
Wordspot: Life
Mixed
100
Rewrite the sentence so that they have the same meaning, using 'it's time': Susan ought to get a job.
It's time Susan got a job.
100
Choose the correct answer: Our last holiday WOULD BE / WOULD HAVE BEEN great if we hadn't got stuck in traffic.
Would have been
100

Complete the description with the correct words: Burning fossil fuels _________ an increase in greenhouse gases, which _________ to climate change.

causes + contributes

100

I don't believe in the death penalty. I think a _____ is a much more effective deterrent.

Life sentence

100

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb: I wish I __________ (tell) my boss that I spoke Korean!

hadn't told

200
Change to a complete sentence: If only we / be / still on holiday
If only we were still on holiday.
200
Think of two wishes for the sentence using I wish and If only: I went country dancing and broke my leg!
I wish/if only I hadn't gone country dancing. I wish/if only I hadn't broken my leg.
200

Complete the description with the correct words: Green buildings have surfaces which ________ sunlight and ________ it into electricity.

captures + turns

200

Helena was thrilled when they offered her a part in the movie. IT _______

It was the chance of a lifetime!

200

Put the words in order to make a question: could / you / places / with / choose / who / If / anyone / you / change / would / ?

If you could change places with anyone who would you choose?

300
Choose the correct answer: If I WOULD GO / WILL GO / WENT to India I'd definitely go to the Taj Mahal.
Went
300
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets: If you ________ (listen) to what I told you, you __________ (not be) in this situation now.
had listened + wouldn't be
300
Complete the description with the correct words: Though not yet a reality, tree bombs could be dropped from aeroplanes in order to replace forests that have __________. The forests would then ________ CO2 levels from getting to high.
disappeared + prevent
300

TV chefs make cooking look easy on their TV programmes, but in _______ it's never that easy.

Real life

300

Which solution for climate change copies what happens in nature?

pumping chemicals into the atmosphere

400
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: The whole thing _________ (be) funny if poor Alice ___________ (not be) so upset.
would be + wasn't
400
In these hypothetical situations, complete the two possible endings (one present and one past) with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: If I'd worked harder at school. A) I ________ my exams. B) I _________ a better job. (pass/have)
A) I would have passed my exams. B) I would have a better job.
400

Titanium dioxide could act as a 'sunscreen' around our atmosphere to ________ sunlight. This would have a huge __________ on global temperatures.

reflect + impact

400

Don't worry, you've got an infection, but it's nothing _________

life threatening

400

How many syllables are there in the word 'temperature', and where's the stress?

three syllables, stress on the first syllable

500
Think of two things you might wish for in this situation (using I wish and If only): It's Monday morning at 6:30 and your alarm clock has just gone off to get you up for work.
If only/I wish it wasn't Monday morning. If only/I wish I didn't have to go to work. If only/I wish I didn't have to get up at 6:30.
500
Write a sentence beginning with 'If': You didn't have breakfast - that's why you're hungry now.
If I had eaten breakfast, I wouldn't be hungry now.
500
Complete the description with the correct words: Plankton are tiny ocean-dwelling organisms __________ climate change by consuming CO2 and producing oxygen, which positively _________ the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
combat + affect
500

The _______ blew his whistle and told the children to stop fighting in the pool.

LIFEGUARD

500

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets: If I _________ (know) you were coming I ________ (wait) for you.

had known + would have waited

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