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Preguntas Threshold

The document discusses different conditional structures in English: - First conditional uses present tense and refers to possible future events. Examples include "If I save enough money, I'll go on a cruise." - Second conditional uses past tense and refers to improbable future events. Examples are "If I won the lottery, I would leave my job." - Third conditional uses past perfect tense and refers to impossible past events. An example is "If I had been more careful, I wouldn't have lost my job." The document also covers phrasal verbs and examples of their uses in sentences.

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Preguntas Threshold

The document discusses different conditional structures in English: - First conditional uses present tense and refers to possible future events. Examples include "If I save enough money, I'll go on a cruise." - Second conditional uses past tense and refers to improbable future events. Examples are "If I won the lottery, I would leave my job." - Third conditional uses past perfect tense and refers to impossible past events. An example is "If I had been more careful, I wouldn't have lost my job." The document also covers phrasal verbs and examples of their uses in sentences.

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0 Conditional Structure

If + Simple present, + simple present

If - Clause , Main – Clause

If you cross an international date line, the time changes.

It is also possible to replace “IF” by “WHEN”

When you cross an international date line, the time changes.


First conditional Structure
Don’t use the comma when “The
If + Present Simple, + Future with will Result” goes first.

Posible action Result

If I save enough money, I’ll go on a cruise.

Is ok I’ll or Will.

In Positive sentences

If clause: If + present simple in positive Main clause: will + base form

In negative sentences

If clause: If + present simple in negative (don’t / doesn’t) Main clause: will not (won’t)
+ base form

In Question sentences

If clause: If + present simple in positive Main clause: will + subject + base form

Second conditional Structure

If + Past Simple, + Would/Could + base form

Improbable event Improbable result

If I won the lottery, I would leave my job.

Is ok Would or ‘d

In Positive sentences

If clause: If + past simple in positive Main clause: would (‘d) + base form

If I knew the answer, I ‘d tell you

In negative sentences

If clause: If + past simple in negative (didn’t / weren’t→ I, he, she, it) Main clause:
would not (wouldn’t) + base form

If I weren’t know the answer, I wouldn’t tell you.


In Question sentences

If clause: If + past simple in positive Main clause: would + subject + base form

If I knew the answer, would I tell you?

Third conditional Structure

If + Past perfect, + Would + have + past participle

Impossible event Impossible result

If I had been more careful, I wouldn’t have lost my job.

In Positive sentences

If clause: If + past perfect in positive Main clause: would (‘d) + have + past participle

In negative sentences

If clause: If + past perfect in negative Main clause: would not (wouldn’t) + have + past
participle

In question sentences

If clause: If + past perfect in positive Main clause: would + subject + have + past
participle

USED TO / GET USED TO / BE USED TO

•USED TO. The past tense structure of the verb USE is mainly to talk about an activity
or habit that was performed in the past but is no longer executed or has lost its validity

La estructura en pasado del verbo USE sirve principalmente para hablar de una actividad o
hábito que se realizaba en el pasado pero que ya no se ejecuta o ha perdido su validez.

Used to + Infinitive verbs

Phrasal Verbs

look after – Cuidar.


Get on – Subir.

Put Down – Bajar

Take off – Quitar

Took off – Se quito.

Cut down – Recorto.

Got on – Subio.

Ran on – Se acabo

Turn off – Apagar

Call back – Volver a llamar

Complete with the correct tag question: Anthony was at the concert.

a. Wasn’t he?
b. Wasn’t it?
c. Didn’t he?
d. Was he?

My friend _ a mistake if she had been more careful.

a. won’t make
b. wouldn’t have make
c. wouldn’t make
d. hadn't make

Complete with the correct tag question: Nathaly couldn’t find the place.

a. Could Nathaly?
b. Did she?
c. Didn’t she?
d. Could she?

Complete with the correct phrasal verb, giving sense to the sentence: My sister has
to ___ my cousin. My aunt pays for that service.

a. look after
b. get on
c. put down
e. take off

Complete with the correct conditional: My father would cook dinner if he _ home
early.

a. came
b. comes
c. come
d. will come

Complete with the correct phrasal verb, giving sense to the sentence: That woman
______ of money. She is troubles.

a. Took off
b. Cut down
c. Got on.
d. Ran out.

Complete with the correct conditional: If I _____ you, I would have been happy.

a. Will marry.
b. Marry.
c. Had married.
d. Married.

I bought ______ souvenir I could afford. It’s a special gift.

a. The cheapest.
b. The most pretty.
c. The largest.
d. The most expensive.

Complete with the correct tag question: You would never tell him.

a. Would he?
b. Would you?
c. Wouldn’t he?
d. Wouldn’t you?
Complete with the correct conditional: _____ happy if your team won the match?

a. Will you be.


b. Would have you been.
c. Would you be.
d. Would had you been.

Complete with the correct conditional: What _____ if my parents arrive just now?

a. Would she say.


b. Would she have said.
c. Would she had said.
d. Will she say.

Complete with the correct phrasal verb, giving sense to the sentence: The woman
_______ her shoes when she arrived home.

a. put down.
b. went back.
c. took off.
d. got on.

Complete with the correct conditional: If they ___ to bed so late, they would have
woken up early.

a. would go.
b. don't go.
c. hadn't gone.
d. didn't go

Wait! Don’t go there, it’s _____ than the last time.

a. the safest
b. the most dangerous
c. more dangerous
d. safer

Complete with the correct phrasal verb, giving sense to the sentence: Can you
___ later?
a. call back
b. take off
c. look after
d. turn off

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