Grammar unit 7
1 Correct the mistakes. One sentence is correct.
1 Unless hell leave now, he misses his train.
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2 If I had my own micronation, I wont let my
citizens smoke.
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3 Unless you do that exercise now, Ill make you
finish it after school.
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4 Mum wont let we go to the cinema if we wont
tidy our bedroom!
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5 Our city will be safer unless we had better laws.
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2 Write first or second conditional questions for
the answers. Use the words.
1 (spend / your money)
How ______________________________________
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If I was rich, Id buy an enormous house.
2 (country / you / choose)
Which ____________________________________
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If I live abroad, Ill choose Japan.
3 (good at his job)
If ________________________________________
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Yes, if Richard was president, hed be brilliant.
4 (we / celebrate)
How ______________________________________
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If we pass the exam, well have a big party!
5 (Sarah / do)
What _____________________________________
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If Sarah found some money, shed take it to the
police station.
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3 Complete the text with the first or second
conditional form of the verbs in the boxes.
be (x2) get (x2) go give have
leave live miss tell
My dad has just applied for a job in Oxford.
If he gets the job, we (1)____________________
our house in London and move there. But if
we (2)____________________ to Oxford,
I (3)____________________ my friends and Im not
happy about it.
I wont want to stay in this house forever, of course.
When Im older, Id like to live abroad. Sometimes
I dream about owning my own island a
micronation! Itll probably never happen, but
If I (4)____________________ king of my own
micronation, I (5)____________________ in
a big house there with my family and I
(6)____________________ Dad a good job
president perhaps and then hed stop talking
about Oxford!
Oh no, Mum is calling me for dinner. I have to go
downstairs. If I (7)____________________ late,
Mum (8)____________________ angry! But if I
(9)____________________ my own micronation,
nobody (10)____________________ me what to do!
4 Write first or second conditional questions.
Then write true answers for you.
1 you / go / on holiday / this summer / where / you
/ go / ?
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2 you / have / magic powers / how / you / use /
them / ?
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Vocabulary unit 7
1 Complete the definitions with the words in 3 Choose the correct words.
the box.
1 When you introduce / lower a law, you start
ballot papers candidate citizen currency using it for the first time.
election flag government party
2 When a government elects / abolishes a law or
poll society
system, it ends it.
1 A _______________ is legally allowed to live in 3 A person is nominated / banned to be a
a country. candidate in an election.
2 A _______________ is a group of people which 4 When you oppose / raise something, you are
controls a country. against it.
3 In a national _______________, people choose 5 When people are cut / taxed, they have to give
the next government or ruler. money to the government.
4 In a _______________, groups of people live 6 Many people want to ban / cut violent computer
together in communities. games.
5 A _______________ is an organization whose 7 Political parties usually promise to elect / build
members share the same political views. more schools just before an election.
6 A _______________ in an election represents a
4 Complete the interview with the words in the box.
political party.
7 _______________ have the names of candidates abolish introduce nominate oppose tax
in an election on them. Reporter Youre the new owner of a small
8 A _______________ is a system of finding out micronation. Are you going to have
public opinion through questions. elections?
9 Most countries in Western Europe use the Euro David Jones Yes, I am. Im going to
as their _______________. (1)_______________ myself as
10 Britain and France both have red, white and blue candidate to become president!
in their _______________. Reporter Will anyone (2)_______________ that?

2 Complete the sentences with the correct words. David Jones My sister, probably. She thinks shes
a better politician than me, but my
1 (a citizen / an election / a government)
policies are better.
In Britain, there is usually _______________ every
Reporter Tell us about those policies.
four years to choose _______________.
David Jones Im going to (3)_______________ work
2 (government / party / polls)
on Fridays. In my micronation,
Before an election, _______________ find out
everyone will have a three-day
which _______________ is the most popular.
weekend.
3 (ballot paper / candidate / society)
Reporter How will your government make
In an election, you tick the name of your favourite
money?
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David Jones Well have to (4)_______________
4 (ballot papers / party / society)
people on their salaries, of course.
The _______________ are counted and checked
And we might (5)_______________ a
to find the most popular _______________.
tax on chocolate, because its the
5 (citizen / government / party)
micronations favourite food. It should
The _______________ with the most votes
make a lot of money!
becomes the new _______________.

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