Write a sentence with If … for each situation.
EXAMPLE:
We don’t go out very often because we can’t afford it. If *** it, we’d go out more often.
ANSWER:
we could afford
Correct:
Incorrect:
We don’t visit you very often because you live so far away. If you didn’t live so far away, we’d visit you more often. (use short forms)
He doesn’t speak very clearly — that’s why people don’t understand him. If he spoke (speak) more clearly, people would understand him.
That book is too expensive, so I’m not going to buy it. If the book weren’t so expensive, I’d buy it. (use short forms)
We don’t go out very often because we can’t afford it. If we could afford it, we’d go out more often.
It’s raining, so we can’t have lunch in the garden. If it weren’t raining, we could have lunch in the garden.
I have to work tomorrow evening, so I can’t meet you. If I didn’t have to work tomorrow evening, I would meet you. (use short forms)
