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Two Tasks

I. Read the joke and choose the correct answeres to complete the sentences.

One day Sam went to the countryside where he had never been before. He had to milk the cow but he didn’t know for sure how the cows look like. So Sam chose the first animal he saw.

Unfortunately it was a bull not a cow.

Fortunately Sam understood it.

Unfortunately the bull didn’t understand Sam.

Fortunately Sam dodged the bull’s attack.

Unfortunately the bull crashed into other animals.

Fortunately no animal was injured.

Unfortunately Sam was going to be really injured.

Fortunately the farmer saved Sam from the bull.

Unfortunately the farmer was very angry.

Fortunately the bull forgave Sam.

Unfortunately the farmer didn’t forgive him.

Fortunately it was a dream.

1. If Sam had/hadn’t been to the countryside before, he would/wouldn’t have known how the cows look like.

2. If Sam had/hadn’t known how the cows look like, he would/wouldn’t have chosen the bull.

3. If Sam didn’t have/hadn’t had chosen the bull, he would avoid/have avoided the trouble.

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. If Sam ____________ (understand) his mistake, the bull wouldn’t have crashed into other animals.

2. If the bull _____________ (crash) into other animals, they would have been injured.

3. If the farmer ____________ (not save) Sam from the bull, Sam could have been injured.

4. If it ____________ (not be) a dream, Sam could have had problems.

By Galina Ageyeva ,
School No. 1367, Moscow