Lesson:Essentials/52

Grammar

Conditionals

Hoje vamos aprender a usar dois tipos de frases condicionais.

1. If _____________ (simple present), ______________ (simple future).
2. If _____________ (simple past), ______________ (conditional "would").

• If I win the lottery, I will travel the world.
  • Se eu ganhar na loteria, viajarei pelo mundo.
• If he spoke to me more often, we would become friends.
  • Se ele falasse comigo com mais frequência, nos tornaríamos amigos.

1. Choose the right answer:

1 If you have any problems, I __________ you.

	help
	will help
	would help

2 If he is careful, he __________.

	won't fall
	will fall
	wouldn't fall
	falls

3 If you __________ the problem to them, they would be able to help.

	explains
	explained
	explain

4 If Tom __________ a better grade next time, his parents will buy him a new monitor.

	would get
	will get
	got
	gets

5 If Molly comes to your party, I __________ with her because she is not my friend.

	would speak
	will speak
	won't speak
	wouldn't speak

6 If Mr. Jenkins __________ us in his garden again, he will be very angry.

	find
	finds
	found
	will find

7 If you leave now, you __________ the train.

	won't miss
	will miss
	would miss
	wouldn't miss

8 If Gina were a little friendlier, people __________ her better.

	won like
	will like
	would like
	wouldn't like

9 If I find your glasses, I __________ them to you.

	won give
	will give
	would give
	wouldn't give

10 If we __________, Babs will leave without us.

	hurry
	don't hurry
	didn't hurry
	will hurry

2. Complete the sentences below:

1. If you don't eat vegetables _________.
2. If she brushed her teeth everyday _________.
3. If they eat too much fat _________.
4. If he didn't exercise _________.
5. If you don't get enough rest _________.
6. If they drink too much alcohol _________.

3.Write sentences using if following the example:

• not help me / call the teacher - past
  • If you didn't help me I would call the teacher.

1. fix the car / work properly - present
2. be careful / not get an electric shock - past
3. follow the rules / not pay a fine - present
4. get elected / give money to charity - past
5. move to that apartment / have a garage - present
6. get ready sooner / be late - past

Vocabulary

The Office

• Desk
• File cabinet
• File folder
• File
• Documents
• Briefcase
• Waste basket
• Stapler
• Staple
• Tack
• Tape
• Paperclip
• Clipboard
• Scotch tape
• Copier
• White board
• Bulletin board
• Note
• Meeting
• Water cooler
• Water bottle

http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/office/

Conversation

1. If you want to make a good impression at an interview you should…
2. What's your ideal job? Why?
3. Would you prefer to have an easy routine job or a job in which you made a lot of decisions?
4. Would you like a job that involved a lot of traveling? Why or why not?
5. If you could own your own business, what would it be?
6. Name four office supplies you have on your desk at home or at home.
7. Do you have many meetings at work? Do you like them?
8. How important are clothes at work? How does your job determine what you wear in your country?
9. If I could have any job in the world…
10. What three things are most important for you in a job? Why?

Review

1. Read the statements of advice and rewrite them using if:

• Take my advice and your troubles will be over.
  • If you take my advice, your troubles will be over.

1. go to sleep early and you'll feel better in the morning.
2. didn't eat so much and you wouldn't get indigestion.
3. read for a while and you would fall asleep easily.
4. pick the baby up and he'll stop crying.
5. don't yell at her and she won't yell back.
6. took a break every few hours and you wouldn't get so tired.
7. call the doctor and she'll tell you what to do

2. Rewrite the sentences following the model.

• If I have time I will see her. / had / knew her address
  • If I had time I would see her.
  • If I knew her address I would see her.

1. Could you buy some paper clips on your way back to the office? / scotch paper / she / home
2. The wind destroyed the waste basket / rain / desk
3. The schedule is in the bulletin board / on his desk / clipboard
4. He didn't take enough notes at the meeting / too many / use all the documents
5. That briefcase is too expensive / has many files in it / important
6. If you bring the tape I will close the boxes / file cabinet - organize the documents / not
7. I'm looking for a new copier / for the office / to replace the old one
8. The water cooler isn't working well / good enough / This file cabinet

3. Answer the questions related to the picture below:

1. What do you see in this picture?
2. Where do you think it is?
3. Is it an organized place? Why?
4. Who works there? Why?
5. Describe how your work/study desk is.

4. Sentence listening

Answers

1. If you come to my office I'll lend you the stapler.
2. She didn't have enough paperclips to conclude her task.
3. Where's the manager responsible for the bulletin board?
4. The assistant dropped the tacks all over the floor.
5. Did you remember to buy paper for the copier?

5. Read the text below and answer the questions:

Home Offices


Small office/home office (or single office/home office; SOHO) refers to the category of business or cottage industry that involves from 1 to 10 workers.
Beginning in the mid-1980s, the advent of the personal computer and fax machine, plus breakthroughs in telecommunications, created opportunities for office workers to decentralize. Decentralization was also perceived as benefiting employers in terms of potentially greater productivity and other qualities. Many consultants and the members of such professions as lawyers, real estate agents, and surveyors in small and medium-size towns operate from home offices. Several ranges of products, such as the armoire desk and all-in-one printer, are designed specifically for the SOHO market. A number of books and magazines have been published and marketed specifically at this type of office.
The small office home office has passed through a transformation since its advent as the internet has enabled anyone working from a home office to compete globally. In the US, a home office can be claimed as a tax deduction only if office space and supplies are not provided by a corporate office.

DT   cottage

DT   breakthroughs

DT   decentralize

DT   surveyors

DT   perceived

DT   enabled

DT   deduction

DT   claimed

DT   armoire

1. What's the meaning of SOHO?
2. What were the first devices that made home offices possible?
3. When did the first home office jobs start to become available?
4. Which products were designed specifically for this market?
5. Which jobs are most common for people working from home nowadays? Why?
6. Do you work from home? If so, what do you do? If not, would you like to?
7. Is it good to work from home? Why? Why not?
8. Do you think it would be possible to work from home without technology? Why?

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