Mac 3 - Test 2 Flashcards
Unreal past
Would rather/would just as soon
Used to express preference
I’d rather they didn’t visit us this weekend
I’d just as soon you didn’t mention this to anyone else.
Unreal past
I wish / if only
Used to express regrets and wishes for things that are unlikely to happen
I wish/If only you didn’t live so far away
Unreal past
Wish + Would
Used to express a wish for action
I wish you would stop making that noise
Unreal past
What if / supposing / suppose
Used of a question to ask about the consequences of something
What if I wasn’t here to help you - what would you do?
Supposing we were to ofter you a salary increase - would you stay?
Unreal past
It’s time
To say that somehing needs to be done very soon
It’s time I had a holiday
Unreal past
Do you wish that you felt more in control of things
A wish
Unreal past
Pherhaps it’s time you looked into emotional intelligence training
A sentence that says what should be done now
Unreal past
Suppose you were someone who felt very on edge when speaking in public
A picture of an unreal situation
Unreal past
I’d rather your listeners took one of our courses
A preference for what someone would like to happen
Unreal past
What if I were to tell you that’s you’d already made one of these?
A picture of an unreal situation
Unreal past
If only I was better at building rapport with my patients
A wish
Inversion conditionals
If you need help, call me
Should you need help, call me
Inversion conditionals
If she won the lottery, she would travel the world
Were she to win the lottery, she would travel the world
Inversion conditionals
If they had told me about that, I wouldn’t have gone there
Had they told me about that, I wouldn’t have gone there
Inversion conditionals
If I were nervous, I would try to calm down
Where I nervous, I would try to calm down
Inversion conditionals
If someone asks who told you, Don’t give them my name
Should someone ask who told you…
Inversion conditionals
If I had thought about it for longer, I would have got the answer right
Had I thought…
Inversion conditionals
They wouldn’t be in this situation now if they had taken my advice.
Had they taken my advice, they wouldn’t…
Inversion conditionals
If we took the risk, I’m sure tbat we wouldn’t regret it
Were we to take risk…
Inversion conditionals
Would the world be a better place if everyone thought more carefully before acting?
Were everyone think…
Inversion conditionals
If something is unclear, you can always call me on this number and ask.
Should something be unclear…
Inversion conditionals
Should you get them wrong, don’t worry
If you get them wrong, don’t worry
Inversion conditionals
Had someone already mentioned that the temperature today was 82• fahrenheit, you answer would hage been a higher number
If someone has already…
Inversion conditionals
Were the same question presented as a logical formula, few would make this mistake.
If the same question were presented…
