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to stop working because you have reached the usual age for leaving work.
To retire
1. Complete the sentence:
If you heat ice, it ______.
A) melts
B) will melt
C) would melt
D) melted
A) melts → Zero Conditional
Change into reported speech:
“I am tired,” she said.
Answer:
She said that she was tired.
a job where you work fewer hours than a full-time employee.
Part-time job —
to be given a higher position or more responsibility at work.
To get promoted
Which sentence is correct?
A) If I will see her, I will tell her.
B) If I see her, I will tell her.
C) If I saw her, I will tell her.
D) If I see her, I would tell her.
B
Change into reported speech:
“I will call you tomorrow,” Anna said.
Anna said that she would call me the next day.
to be responsible for controlling or managing something.
To be in charge of
to start and establish your own company or business.
To set up a business
Identify the conditional and explain its meaning:
“If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.”
Third Conditional — it describes an unreal situation in the past and its imaginary result.
Report the question:
“Where do you live?” she asked me.
She asked me where I lived.
to lose your job because the company no longer needs your position.
To be made redundant
to depend financially on a particular person or source of income.
To live off
Correct the mistake:
“If I would have more free time, I would learn Chinese.”
“If I had more free time, I would learn Chinese.”
Report the command:
“Don't touch my phone,” she said to me.
She told me not to touch her phone.
to combine two companies or organisations into one.
To merge
to be sold for a surprisingly low price.
Go for a song
What's the difference?
A) If I study, I will pass.
B) If I studied, I would pass.
C) If I had studied, I would have passed.
Answer:
A = realistic future possibility
B = imaginary/unlikely present or future
C = imaginary past situation
Report the whole sentence:
“I can't come to the party today because I have already promised my parents that I would help them,” Sarah said.
Answer:
Sarah said that she couldn't come to the party that day because she had already promised her parents that she would help them.
to pay an extremely high price for something.
Pay through the nose