The Past Conditional Mood
I would have prepared a report about environmental protection in Ukraine but I was very busy yesterday.The doctor would have made a precise diagnosis but he didn’t have necessary laboratory equipment.
I. Translate the following sentences. Pay attention to theConditional Mood.
1. But for my headache I would have learnt everything dealing with ozone layer perfectly well.
2. The scientist would have attended the conference but he suddenly fell ill.
3. I would have met my friends but I had an additional seminar on Ecology.
4. But for cutting down vast forests wouldn’t have disappeared.
5. My brother would have become a member of Greenpeace but he was only 17 then.
6. But for environmental protection agencies many environmental problems of regions with poor ecology wouldn’t have been enlightened in mass media.
7. But for Chornobyl disaster thousands of people would have remained healthy
8. But for the smog inhabitants of cities wouldn’t have developed chronic respiratory diseases.