THE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Institutions | Public/ non-public | Multilevel system | Academic year | Subjects | |
Russia | Institute Academy University | Part students All students Pay | B.S, M.S, C.S, D.S degrees award, 4 years | Semesters, sessions, last, pass exams, test | general scientific, humanities, special |
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USA |
GRAMMAR FOCUS
If clauses
Type | Subordinate Clause ( ) | Main Clause ( ) | |
If you dont water plants | they die. | ||
Present Simple | Present Simple | ||
, . | |||
No particular time ( ) | |||
If you dont water the plants | they will die. | ||
Present Simple / Cont. / Perfect | Future Simple | ||
, . | |||
Future () | |||
If you didnt water plants | they would die. | ||
Past Simple / Continuous | would + V | ||
, . | |||
Present / Future / No particular time | |||
If you hadnt watered the plants | they would have died. | ||
Past Perfect | would have + V3 | ||
, . | |||
Past () | |||
1 mixed | If you were not so absent-minded | you would have watered the plants. | |
Past Simple | would have + V3 | ||
, . | |||
Present / no particular time () | Past () | ||
2 mixed | If you had watered the plants yesterday | they would be alive now. | |
Past Perfect | would + V | ||
, . | |||
Past () | Present () |
Complete the sentences. Write each sentence three times in first, second and third conditionals.
E.g. If you (to be) free, I (to come) to see you.:
If you are free, I will come to see you.
If you were free, I would come to see you.
If you had been free, I would have come to see you.
If I (to see) her, I (to be) glad.
If I see her, I will be glad.
If I saw her, I would be glad.
If I had seen her, I would have been glad.
1. If my friend (to come) to see me, I (to be) very glad. 2. If mother (to buy) a cake, we (to have) a very nice tea party. 3. If we (to receive) a telegram from him, we (not to worry). 4. If you (not to work) systematically, you (to fail) the examinations. 5. If you (to be) busy, I (to leave) you alone. 6. If I (to live) in Moscow, I (to visit) the Tretyakov Gallery every year. 7. If I (to get) a ticket, I (to go) to the Philharmonic. 8. If I (to live) near a wood, I (to gather) a lot of mushrooms. 9. If my father (to return) early, we (to watch) TV together. 10. If she (to know) English, she (to try) to enter the university.