Lesson 2
ANTICIPATORY ‘IT’
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IT BE – VERB ADJECTIVE THAT NOUN CLAUSE
is possible someone made a mistake.
It that
was clear the party was over.
It is true that Capt George plans to retire soon.
It’s certain Capt Pairoj will be promoted this year.
IF-CLAUSE (UNREAL PRESENT CONDITIONAL)
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Conditional clause (cause) main clause (effect)
If she exercised regularly, she would probably feel better.
If you left earlier, you could get home at noon.
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Main clause (effect) conditional clause (cause)
She would probably feel better if she exercised regularly.
You could get home at noon if you left earlier.
WISH + THAT NOUN CLAUSE
(PRESENT UNREAL CONDITION)
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WISH THAT NOUN CLAUSE
Capt Tom wishes he were a four-star general.
I wish that I had enough money to travel around the world.
BE USED TO VS USED TO
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She used to live in Hawaii.
Jane used to teach classes at the university.
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Thai people were accustomed to hot and damp weather.
Thai people were used to hot and damp weather.
Sam is used to drinking milk every morning.
Grammar exercise lesson 2
Complete the sentences with the given words
could were walking didn’t jogging is used to smoke drive were likely wouldn’t probable
drove If eating
1. I wish that I …….. at the beach.
2. Dave is used to ………… every morning.
3. I wish that I ……………. have to go to work every day.
4. Captain Danai is accustomed to ……… to work.
5. She wishes that she …………. get a promotion every year.
6. Pete used to ……….. .
7. Tim used to ………… a pick-up truck.
8. My professor ………… having breakfast at 6:30.
9. A : I heard that Capt Komsan got orders to go to London. Will he sell his house?
B : It’s ……… that he’ll sell his house.
10. You …….. get confused if you followed instructions.
11. A : Will this meeting last more than three hours?
B : Yes, it’s ……… that it will last more than an hour.
12. If the director …….. nicer to her employees, she could get more respect.
13. If he …… more carefully, he wouldn’t get so many tickets.
14. ……… you studied harder, you’d make higher scores.
15. If you weren’t always ……… , you wouldn’t be so fat.
Vocabulary exercise lesson 2
Complete the sentences with the given words.
watch visibility flashed flooded evacuated
struck damaged favorable likely conditions
forecasts
1. The weatherman ………… the weather. He tells us if the weather ………. will be ……….
or unfavorable. He warns us if bad weather is ……… or unlikely.
2. The hazardous storm that …… Songkhla did a lot of ……... Many people were ……….
from their homes when their neighborhoods were ……….
3. The warnings of probable flooding ……… on TV screens.
4. Foggy conditions and heavy rain can make ………. zero.
5. The police asked drivers to ………….. out for barricades.
ANSWER KEY LESSON 2
Grammar exercise lesson 2
Complete the sentences with the given words
could were walking didn’t jogging is used to smoke drive were likely wouldn’t probable
drove If eating
1. I wish that I were at the beach.
2. Dave is used to jogging every morning.
3. I wish that I didn’t have to go to work every day.
4. Captain Danai is accustomed to walking to work.
5. She wishes that she could get a promotion every year.
6. Pete used to smoke.
7. Tim used to drive a pick-up truck.
8. My professor is used to having breakfast at 6:30.
9. A : I heard that Capt Komsan got orders to go to London. Will he sell his house?
B : It’s probable that he’ll sell his house.
10. You wouldn’t get confused if you followed instructions.
11. A : Will this meeting last more than three hours?
B : Yes, it’s likely that it will last more than an hour.
12. If the director were nicer to her employees, she could get more respect.
13. If he drove more carefully, he wouldn’t get so many tickets.
14. If you studied harder, you’d make higher scores.
15. If you weren’t always eating, you wouldn’t be so fat.
Vocabulary exercise lesson 2
Complete the sentences with the given words
watch visibility flashed flooded evacuated
struck damage favorable likely conditions
forecasts
1. The weatherman forecasts the weather. He tells us if the weather conditions will be
favorable or unfavorable. He warns us if bad weather is likely or unlikely.
2. The hazardous storm that struck Songkhla did a lot of damage. Many people were
evacuated from their homes when their neighborhoods were flooded.
3. The warnings of probable flooding flashed on TV screens.
4. Foggy conditions and heavy rain can make visibility zero.
5. The police asked drivers to watch out for barricades. |