Answer — Exercise 3
5.2 - Consumer crazy·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Check what you know. Which sentences refer to real situations and which to hypothetical ones?
- In 1-6 above, circle the verb in the conditional clause and underline the verb in the result clause.
- Which words from the box could replace provided and supposing in sentences 4 and 5 above?
- Complete the rules. Use sentences 1-6 and the words in Exercise 3C above to help.
Answer
a)
- real
- real
- real
- real
- hypothetical
- hypothetical
b)
- Experience shows that if the price is higher, people think your product is better.
- If a video goes viral, it will get millions of views.
- People will click off unless the video is memorable.
- Your brand name will travel around the world provided the video goes viral.
- Supposing you wanted to sell a new brand of chocolate, ... what price would you set?
- If another coffee shop opened next door ..., they'd sell at least a thousand cups each.
c)
- Sentence 4 → provided can be replaced with: if, providing, on condition that, as long as
- Sentence 5 → Supposing can be replaced with: If, Providing, Suppose, Imagine, Let's say
d)
- a) present simple, present simple b) present simple, (future with) will
- past simple, would (+ infinitive without to)
- a) unless b) provided, providing, on condition that, as long as c) supposing, suppose, imagine, let's say