2015-08-21
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Put the verbs in the correct tense form; pay attention to conditional sentences
1. If there ……………(be) a vacant seat, we will accept you for the flight
2. The flight will take off on schedule provided that the weather…….. (improve).
3. If I were a captain I ………… (file) an air miss report.
4. If the controller hadn’t forgotten he had given clearance the incident ……….(occur).
5. If the Ryanair captain ……… (see) the MyTravel jet the collision would have happened.
6. If the MyTravel jet external lights had been on, the Ryanair captain ………(see) the aircraft.
7. If another plane ……..(strike) the obstacle, a tyre could burst and cause an accident.
8. If another plane ……….(not/strike) the obstacle, a tyre would not have burst and caused the accident.
9. Fan blades ……… (can/snap) if a large bird flew into them.
10. What ………. (can/happen) as a result of the wrong altimeter setting if the ILS had not been available?
11. If pilots and controllers ………(speak) English perfectly, miscommunication would not occur.
Keys:
1. is
2. improves
3. would file
4. wouldn’t have occurred
5. hadn’t seen
6. would have seen
7. struck
8. had not struck
9. could snap
10. could have happened
11. spoke
5. Make sure you know how to use Reported speech. Pay particular attention to the “Transformation rules”.
