Educco IDESCAT Intermediate 4
25th October | L4 Online work
The language of hypothesising.
Match these sentence beginnings with the correct endings:
a. I wonder if
b. If I had
c. Suppose
d. What if
Which are more tentative and which are more hypothetical?
Which is more formal and which more informal?
Match these sentence beginnings with the correct endings:
a. I wonder if
b. If I had
c. Suppose
d. What if
- ________ we miss the bus? How will we get to the airport?
- ________ it's going to rain tomorrow.
- ________ known, I wouldn't have gone to the store.
- ________ she likes pizza.
- ________ it snows, what should we do?
- ________ I forget my password? Can I reset it?
- ________ more money, I would buy a new car.
- ________ you win the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Which are more tentative and which are more hypothetical?
Which is more formal and which more informal?
- we use present tense forms after phrases to talk about the future if we think it is likely to happen
- we use the past tense to talk about the future after suppose and what if to suggest something is not likely to happen
- modals would and could are used to hypothesise about the future
Answers
- What if we miss the bus? How will we get to the airport?
- I wonder if it's going to rain tomorrow.
- If I had known, I wouldn't have gone to the store.
- I wonder if she likes pizza.
- Suppose it snows, what should we do?
- What if I forget my password? Can I reset it?
- If I had more money, I would buy a new car.
- Suppose you win the lottery, what would you do with the money?