The key answer of exercise 10

a)

1. He ran away from home because his parents forced him to enrol in an electrician's course and because he wanted 'to become something in life'.
2. His family thought he was dead.

b)

1. If he hadn’t decided to 'become something in life', he wouldn’t have run away.
2. If he hadn't run away he would have done an electrician's course.
3. If he'd stayed at home, he'd be an electrician now.
4. He wouldn't have had enough money to study if he hadn't worked as a waiter.
5. If he had written to his parents, they wouldn't have thought he was dead.
6. If they hadn't seen the programme they would have still thought he was dead.
7. He wouldn't have scored 86.5 percent if he hadn't worked hard.
8. If he hadn't been very clever, he wouldn't have won the award.