6. Solved exercises
Here Paco is, comfortably seated in a modern train towards Hong Kong Island with three French planning what to do in the next three days in this crowded town...
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Then Eric interrupts:
Eric: We can lodge in a Hostel around Causeway Bay, where I stayed last time I was here. We could book two twin rooms provided that there were any vacancies.
Paco: It's OK for me.
Marie: Oui, this is a very good area from which to explore the city. We can walk around unless it rains a lot because the weather forecast predicts heavy rain in the evening.
Brigitte: Don't worry about the rain. As long as it rains we can travel by tram, there is an excellent tram network in this city.
Eric: I know, you are always so lazy to walk!
Identify the conditional sentences (not inverted) appearing in the text and analyze them completing the chart below:
Main clause |
Conjunction | Subordinate clause |
Read the sentences below and fill in the missing conjunctions.
You won't finish the race you control your effort.
you like it you won't get in without an invitation.
it rains we can travel by tram.
We could book two twin rooms
there were any vacancies.Order the following inversions paying attention to the cases appearing in the text:
- Hong kong-to-get-to-visa-to-a-would-were-you-get-have-you-travel
- Take-peak-you-tram-to-should-up-the-go-take.