Prime Time 7, Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks

Spot on language Jean’s trip to Scotland I – Conditions: Looking ahead Jean is travelling to Scotland by train. All of a sudden, the train comes to a halt in the middle of nowhere. Jean realises that she has neither seen another passenger nor any train staff for a while now. The sun is going down, and the lights on board the train have not been switched on yet. Thoughts race through her head. Form appropriate conditionals using the sentence pairs below. 1. the train (not move) on in five minutes  • (have) to stop sitting around and do something 2. (leave) my place in this compartment now  • somebody (may take) my briefcase 3. (can find) the ticket inspector  • (can ask) him what’s going on 4. it (not be) terribly cold outside  • (leave) the train and walk to the nearest town 5. (leave) the train now  • (get) lost in the wilderness 6. it (be) not getting dark  • it (be) easier to find my way 7. (have) a mobile phone  • (telephone) someone 8. (be) really all alone on board this stupid train  • (start) to worry a bit Jean’s trip to Scotland II – Comparisons Half an hour later, the train starts moving again. When she has arrived in Scotland, Jean tells her friend Thomas about the mysterious stop. Complete their dialogue using comparative forms of the adjectives listed below cold comfortable dangerous dark good important long warm weak Thomas: Why didn’t you go and look for a ticket inspector to ask him what was going on? Jean: Well, I thought leaving my place was  1  than staying where I was. Somebody might have taken my briefcase, you know. Apart from that, it was a lot  2  and  3  in my compartment. Thomas: As long as the heating worked. Jean: That’s true. I could feel that it was getting  4  the  5  we were standing there. But it was also getting  6  outside, and I didn’t have a torch with me. Thomas: Why didn’t you call someone on your mobile phone? Jean: You know, the battery had become  7  and  8  all the time, and by the time I had decided to call someone it was dead. I hadn’t charged it at home. Thomas: Charging your mobile phone before you go on a long trip is  9  than packing, if you ask me. Well, you’d  10  do it now. Jean’s trip to Scotland III – Conditions: Looking back That night Jean thinks about the incident again. She gets really worried, when she realises that her situation was quite strange. Form appropriate conditionals using the sentence pairs below. 1. the train (not move) on after five minutes  • I’m sure I (do) something 2. the situation (can be) quite dangerous for me  • I really (be) alone on the train 3. nobody (can find) me  • something (happened) to me on the train 4. (not be able) to see Thomas again 1  2  3  77 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv