Avaliação 2º Ano do Ensino Médio - If clauses

1. Read the ad for IBM (mid 1980’s) and answer the question that follows: 

 

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Write “C” for CORRECT and “I” for INCORRECT according to the text in the ad and the correct use of conditionals, then choose the correct option: 

______ If people use credit cards, computers are needed. 

______ If there were no computers, people won’t be able to use banks at all. 

______ People wouldn’t have been so nervous around computers if they had been user friendly at the time.  

______ Even in 1980 if one had needed to travel by plane, he could have chosen his seat in advance, thanks to computers. 

______ Based on the text  you conclude that if most people had been afraid and stopped using computers at that time, life will have been much harder today. 

1. C – I – C – I – C 

2. C – I – C – C – I 

3. I -  C – C – C – C 

4. C-  C – I – I – I 

2. Match the columns. 

1. If you play the music too loud,  (    ) the alarm would go off.  

2. If the North Pole melted, (    ) I'll buy a new bike.  

3. If we don't have enough ice-cream, (    ) I'll be in Paris at 6.00.  

4. If I found someone's wallet, (    ) you wouldn't see me any more!  

5. If a burglar broke into this house, (    ) you would feel better.  

6. If my train isn't late, (    ) the water would flood many cities.  

7. If you were famous, (     ) I'll buy it for you.  

8. If my father lends me the money (    ) you'll wake up the neighbors.  

9. If you took more exercise, (    ) we'll get some more.  

10. If you tell me what you want, (    ) I'd take it to the police station. 

3. First, read the text. Then, complete the sentences using the correct form of the 1st, 2nd or 3rd conditional.  

Andrew Chance’s mother was horrified when she received her son’s Internet shopping bill. Thirteen-year-old Andrew had spent nearly £1 million on eMall, an American Internet shopping site. Andrew used his parents’ password to get into the site. He then bought a Rolls Royce, a Van Gogh painting and an antique bed. ‘I’m in big trouble,’ the worried teenager said yesterday. 

1. If Andrew’s parents _____________________(not buy) him the computer, he wouldn’t have shopped on the Internet. 

2. Andrew would make more friends if he _____________________ (spend) less time on the Internet. 

3. If his parents _____________________ (find out) earlier, Andrew would have spent less money. 

4. If Andrew’s mother doesn’t pay, she _____________________ (have to) go to prison. 

5. Andrew _____________________ (not get) into trouble if he hadn’t used his parents’ password. 

6. If I _____________________ (be) Andrew’s mother, I’d sell his computer. 

7. If teenagers_____________________ (have) a computer, they’ll certainly surf the Internet. 

4. Rewrite the sentences, using the 2nd conditional. 

1. He doesn't take any exercise, that's why he is overweight. 

_____________________________________________________________ 

2. She is very shy, so she doesn't go to parties. 

_____________________________________________________________ 

3. I don't know his address so I can't write to him. 

_____________________________________________________________ 

Read the sign below: 

 

4. According to the sign, which alternatives are true: 

I. It is correct to replace “for U.S. army” by “for join the U.S.army”. 

II. Despite being a noun, U.S. is functioning as an adjective in the sign. 

III. “Nearest” is the superlative form of the adjective “near”. 

IV. “Recruiting” is a verb in the present continuous form. 

1. I, III and IV are correct. 

2. I, II, III and IV are correct. 

3. II and III are correct.  

4. I and IV are correct 

5. All the options are correct. 

5. Choose the alternative which completes the sentences correctly. 

5,1  If Mary _____ the game, she _____ the next champion.  

a) wins/beb) wins/will isc) wins/will bed) won/will be 

5,2. Where would you go if you _____ a rich person?  

a) was     b) is     c) are  d) were