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B_ Work with a partner. Compare your sentences from exercise A. Explain your ideas and
opinions. Practice using the contracted forms of would and would not.
If scientists could revive extinct species, it’d be useful. They might learn things that could help
endangered species.
12 WRITE & SPEAK.
A_ Read the sentences. Then rewrite each sentence with a present or future unreal conditional.
Add commas where necessary. Sometimes there is more than one correct way to rewrite the
sentence.
1. People want to keep wild animals as pets because they don’t understand the consequences.
If people understood the consequences, they would not want to keep
wild animals as pets. OR Feople wouldn't want to keep wild animals as
pets if they understood the consequences.
2. My sister is allergic to dogs, so we can’t get one.
3. Ican’t go to the movies tonight because I have to work late.
4. Nick wants to take guitar lessons, but he doesn’t have the time.
5. I'd like to walk to work every day, but I don’t live near my office.
6. Lila isn’t going to run in the race because she isn’t in shape.
7. Tom and Sarah don’t need a new car, so they aren't going to buy one.
8. I don’t feel well, so I’m not going to go to the gym this afternoon.
B_ In your notebook, write three sentences about yourself. Use present or future unreal
conditionals.
If my sister lived closer, | could see her more often.
C Work with a partner. Share your sentences from exercise B. Ask follow-up questions.
A: If my sister lived closer, I could see her more often.
B: Where does she live?
A: In San Diego. I wish she didn’t live so far away. I really miss her.
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