Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialised Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan State World Languages University Republican Scientific – Practical Centre of Developing Innovational Methods of Foregn Languages Authors

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1.  What are the consequences of life without 

computers in your opinion?

2.  What do you think could have happened if the 

light bulb hadn’t been invented?

3.  To what extent computer development has 

 

influenced recent achievements?

If I had had a time machine, 

I would have traveled to the 

Future.

1  If there hadn’t been all necessary 

equipments,

a.  a lot of people would have been saved.

2.  If doctors had invented another type of 

injection,

b.  we would never have had photographs of 

distant galaxies.

3.  If  a new method of curing cancer had been 

worked out,

c.  I would have bought a space shuttle and 

traveled to the Moon.

4.  If the scientists hadn’t invented the 

equipment which helps to measure  the  

distance from Earth to Sun, 

d.  it would have been less harmful for the 

health.

5.  If there hadn’t been a telescope,

e  professor Karimov’s group wouldn’t have 

managed to beat the world’s  foremost 

scientific institutes in the race  to produce 

the blue laser.

6  If I had had enough money,

f  we would never have known that it 

comprises about 149 million kilometers.

Change the sentences into conditionals as an example.  

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E.g.: If that bicycle had been of the latest model, I would have bought it. 

 

I didn’t buy this bicycle because it wasn’t of the latest model. 

1.  The woman died because she didn’t receive newly invented type of medical injection. 

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2.  We bought this mobile phone because it had all modern functions. 

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3.  We had our car serviced because there was a problem with the engine.  

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4.  Karim’s electricity was cut off because he forgot to pay the bill. 

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5.  We wore masks during the experiment because these chemicals gave off fumes that can be harmful. 

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6.  Alchemists spent many years because they tried to turn metals into gold. 

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7.  The gas escaped through the tube during the experiment because scientists weren’t so attentive. 

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Read the information about new inventions created during the last decade and match the passages 

A-E with the pictures below.

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cardiac muscle cells derived from the patient’s 

own adult stem cells, this prevents a chance of 

rejection. Soon the research team hopes to conduct 

animal trials. The researchers attempting to grow 

the cuffs directly on the veins in the body.

d.  A team from the University of Washington designed 

silicon, plastic card-sized device, prototype of 

microfluidic, for pancreatic cancer diagnosis that 

is able to analyze a whole tissue biopsy for 3D 

imaging. The device allows the tissue undergo 

the same series of processes as would occur in a 

pathology lab, but on a much larger scale.

e.   

The LightRail zipper, recently developed for 

Olympic teams, zips closed to create a waterproof, 

almost invisible seam.

It is bonded to the clothing using laser-cut fabric 

and an adhesive that is similar to seam tape, which 

reduces weight and bulkiness and eliminates the 

need for stitching. The zipper also features a dock 

for the zipper head, which allows it to close more 

tightly and eliminate gaps.