Hypothetical situations in the present
Hypothetical situations in the past
Vocabulary: Science and processes
Wordspot: IELTS
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 _____ causes an increase in greenhouse gases, which contributes to climate change.

fuel

100

___ fifth of people thought that animal testing was never necessary.

A fifth

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 capture sunlight using ______ energy.

solar 

200

It was a positive response on ___ whole.

the

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 disappeared. This could help prevent global _________.

warming

300

An opinion p_____ was taken which measured attitudes towards animals being used for entertainment.

poll

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

_________ energy is better for the planet, and ______ turbines can be used to generate energy.

renewable, wind
400

One ___ five people disagreed, around 20 ______.

in, percent

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

It was a near _________ when an asteroid _______ hit the earth in 1908; luckily, it hit a desert so no one was killed.

catastrophe, strike

500

Just _____ half of people agreed, at 53%. ___ tiny minority said they weren't sure.

over, a

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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