Unit 5: Home and Away
1. Grammar: Zero and First Conditionals
Zero Conditional: Used for general truths and facts. Structure: If + Present Simple, Present Simple.
Example: If water boils, it reaches 100 degrees. Use this to describe something that is generally or always true.
First Conditional: Used for real possibilities in the future. Structure: If + Present Simple, will + Infinitive.
Example: If the weather is good, I will go to the beach. Use this to describe a situation that is likely to happen.
2. Vocabulary: Extreme Adjectives
Extreme Adjectives express a higher degree of a quality (e.g., enormous means very big). We often use themto make our language more descriptive. Note: We do not usually use “very” with extreme adjectives; we use adverbs like “absolutely” or “really.”
Examples: filthy(very dirty), starving (very hungry), tiny (very small), spectacular (very good/beautiful).
3. Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives
Comparativescompare two things (add -er or use more). Example: older than, more beautiful than.
Superlatives compare morethan two things (add -est or use most). Example: the oldest, the most beautiful.
Irregular forms include: good → better → best; bad → worse → worst.
Match the normal adjective on the left with its extreme equivalent on the right.
| 1. Very cold | a. Enormous |
| 2. Very dirty | b. Spectacular |
| 3. Very small | c. Freezing |
| 4. Very bad | d. Filthy |
| 5.Very good/impressive | e. Tiny |
| 6. Very big | f. Awful |
| 7. Very tasty | g. Starving |
| 8. Very hungry | h. Delicious |
Match the beginnings of the sentences (1-8) with the correct endings (a-h).
1. If they don’t want to come, ______2. If the trains are canceled, ______
3. When the weather is good, ______
4. When we don’t cook dinner, ______
5. When the house is messy, ______
6. If it is noisy outside, ______
7. If you mix blue and red, ______
8. If water reaches 0 degrees, ______
a. we don’t open the windows. b. we get takeout. c. I clean up. d. we take the bus. e. I go to the beach. f. they can stay at home. g. it freezes. h. you get purple.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
1. If she ______ (clean) the house, I ______ (cook) dinner.2. If your desk ______ (be) organized, it ______ (be) easier to study.
3. We ______ (complain) if the air conditioning ______ (not / work).
4. If you ______ (cannot) do it, he ______ (help) you.
5. They______ (see) her when they ______ (get) to Lima.
6. If we ______ (help) them, they ______ (not / get) lost.
7. If the weather ______ (stay) fine, we ______ (be) OK on the mountain.
8. I ______ (go) to the beach if it ______ (be) sunny.
Complete the table with the correct forms.
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Old | ______ | ______ |
| 2. Easy | ______ | ______ |
| 3. Beautiful | ______ | ______ |
| 4. Good | ______ | ______ |
| 5. Bad | ______ | ______ |
| 6. Far | ______ | ______ |
| 7. Hot | ______ | ______ |
| 8. Exciting | ______ | ______ |
Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.
1. If I ______ the bus, I will take a taxi. (miss / will miss)2. When water boils, it ______ steam. (produce / produces)
3. Unless you ______ hard, you won’t pass. (study / will study)
4. If we ______ to the cinema, we will buy popcorn. (go / went)
5. Plants die if they ______ water. (don’t get / won’t get)
6. If it ______ tomorrow, the game will be canceled. (snows / snowed)
7. I ______ call you if I arrive late. (will / would)
8. If you ______ ice, it becomes water. (heat / heated)
Rewrite the sentences replacing the ‘very + adjective’ phrase with a single extreme adjective.
1. The kitchen floor was very dirty. → ________________________2. The view from the mountain was very good. → ________________________
3. The apartment is very small.→ ________________________
4. The winter in Canada is very cold. → ________________________
5. The smell from the trash was very bad. → ________________________
6. The elephant is a very big animal. → ________________________
7. After the hike, we were very hungry. → ________________________
8. The noise was very loud. → ________________________
