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UNIT 5

Grammar

• The Zero Conditional:
  (if + present simple, ... present simple)
  If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils.
• The First Conditional:
  (if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)
  If it rains tomorrow, we'll go to the cinema.
• The Second Conditional:
  (if + past simple, ... would + infinitive)
  If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
• The Third Conditional
  (if + past perfect, ... would + have + past participle)
  If I had gone to bed early, I would have caught the train.

First cond → If you work hard, you will pass the exam.

Second cond → If you worked hard, you’d pass the exam.

was → Second cond → If I were you, I’d accept the job / If she were more patient, she’d be happier.

Unless = If

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Common English Phrases

• Are you?
• Do you?
• Didn't you?
• Shall we?
• Have you?
• So am I.
• Neither do I.
• So did I.
• So do I.
• Neither will I.

Occupations

• Assistant
• Electrician
• Lawyer
• Librarian
• Receptionist
• Visitor
• Customer
• Optician
• Owner
• Director

Exam Angles

Vocabulary: Positive Adjectives

• Affordable: economic, a bon preu, assequible
• Appealing: atractiu, interessant
• Convenient: adequat, pràctic, facil d'utilitzar
• Efficient: bons resultats, eficaç, eficient
• Effortless: facil, sense esforç, còmode
• First-rate: millor qualitat, excel·lent
• Standard: normal
• Unbeatable: insuperable, millor que les altres coses
• Well-established: de llarga data, durada
• Worthwhile: que val la pena, mereix la pena

Vocabulary: Living Together

• Life expectancy: esperança de vida
• Population growth: creixement de la població
• Senior citizens: persones grans, de la tercera edat
• End poverty: acabar amb la pobresa
• Ageing population: envelliment de la població
• Own their own property: tenir la seva pròpia propietat
• Have been made

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ESTILO DIRECTO-ESTILO INDIRECTO

Present simple: I don't want to go to bed, Gina said.

Past simple: Gina said that she didn't want to go to bed.

Present Continuous: She is visiting her father, Adam said.

Past Continuous: Adam said that she was visiting her father.

Past simple: Tim arrived late, Mum said.

Past Perfect Simple: Mum said that Tim had arrived late.

Present Perfect simple: The train has left the station, Alvaro said.

Past Perfect simple: Alvaro said that the train had left the station.

Future will: We will feed the dog, Alvaro said.

Would: Alvaro said that they would feed the dog.

Can: I can run fast, the teacher said.

Could: The teacher said that she could run fast.

Must: I must call her, the teacher said.

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Talking about possibility

• We use will for making predictions about the future. We often use think and I don't think with will. I don't think it'll snow tonight.
• We can use shall/shan't instead of will/won't with and and we, but will is more common. I think we shall visit Italy next summer.
• We also use will to make assumptions about the present. It's 4.40. Right now Jim will be on his way home. Helen will be getting on the plane.
• We also use will to express our assumptions about the present. It's six o'clock. Mum will be preparing dinner. I'm sure the football match will have finished by now.

must and can't

• We use must for talking about things which we can deduce are definitely true. He must be at work. He just called me from his office.
• We use can'