Summary
John and Cynthia Brooks from Marden had just won over £ 10 million in the National lottery. They were in the seventh heaven. While they were celebrating the win with the neighbour June Parsons, John commented he wouldn't have bought the winner ticket if he hadn't seen the neighbour buying one. Cynthia replied he wouldn't have bought the ticket if she hadn't asked him to go and buy a newspaper. June Parsons laughed and poured another glass of champagne for them. Then she added the winner ticket would have been bought by her if she had gone to the newsagent's two minutes later. After that the neighbour asked them what they would do with all that money.

Three years later, June Parsons told the newspaper "Marden Today" that Cynthia and John weren't together any more. They hadn't listened to their friends' advice and had rushed into things. They had lost all their friends and spent all their money. The last straw had been the Ferrari; if they hadn't bought it, they would have had enough money to invest. In the end, it was John who was really to blame. If he hadn't put a lot of money on horse races, he wouldn't have sold his lovely house and his jewellery. According to June, at the end of the day, they would have been happier if they hadn't won the lottery. Then, she added she would have done very different things if she had been in the place of them.

 

Ex. 4 page 113

1. If Cynthia had already bought a paper, John wouldn't have gone to the newsagent's.
2. They wouldn't have won the lottery if they hadn't bought the ticket.
3. June Parsons wouldn't have been in the shop if she hadn't wanted a ticket.
4. I would have passed my exams last year if I had studied more.
5. If you had been born in Britain, you wouldn't have had to learn English.
6. If the bus hadn't broken down, we would have arrived here on time.

Ex. 5 page 113

1. If June Parson had won the lottery, would she have celebrated with her neighbours? I don't know. I think she would have celebrated with them too.
2. If Cynthia had gone to the newsagent's, would she have bought a lottery ticket? I don't know. I think she would have bought the newspaper only.
3. If you had grown up in a different town, would you have met your best friend? I don't know. I don't think I would have met my best friend.
4. How would your life have been different if you had more brothers or sisters? It would be certainly more eventful.
5. If you had been a teenager in the 1960s, what music would you have listened to? I would have listened to the same music as now.
6. What would you have done if you hadn't come to school last week? I would have rested.