IELTS WAITING MODULE $149$

Practice $5($answers on page $218)$

Read this paragraph from a student essay. Choose the correct relative pronoun to complete each blank.

School uniforms don't have to be unattractive. The colors $1q,($that$/$who$)$ schools choose for their uniforms should be colors that look good on everyone. Plain, dark colors usually work best. It is also important to have skirt and pants styles $2q,($whom$/$that$)$ students feel comfortable with. Plain, classic styles look good on everyone and are always comfortable. If schools choose uniforms $3q,($that$/$whose$)$ the students like, then there will be no complaints. Of course, students should keep their uniforms clean and neat. Teachers, $4q,($that$/$whom$)$ the students look up to as role models, should also be careful about their appearance. They need to set good examples $5q,($which$/$whose$)$ the students can follow.

Real Future Conditionals

A conditional sentence is made up of an if clause, or condition, and a main clause, or result.

If a child studies a foreign language in primary school, she will speak it fluently.

condition

result

The order of the clauses can be reversed without changing the meaning of the sentence. When the main clause is first, no comma is used between the clauses.

A child will speak a foreign language fluently if she studies it in primary school.

result

condition

Real conditionals are called "real" because they are about things that are really true or that can really happen. Real future conditionals are about things that can really happen in the future. Because they are about the future, the verb in the main clause is in future tense. However, the verb in the if clause is in present tense, even though the sentence is about the future.

Children will learn foreign languages easily if the classes are interesting and lively.

future verb present verb

present verb

future verb

PRACtice $6($answers on page $218)$

Read this paragraph from a student essay. Complete each blank with the correct form of the verb in parentheses.

I think that children should learn foreign languages in primary school. It is easier to learn languages at that time of life. If children $1q,($study$)$ foreign languages when they are young, they $2($learn$)$ them very well. They will learn to speak them almost as well as they speak their native language. If they $3q,($wait$)$ until secondary school, it $4($be$)$ harder for them. Anybody can learn foreign languages at any age, but it is much easier for younger children. Primary schools $5q,($have$)$ to make $q,$ foreign language classes a priority if they really $6q,($want$)$ their students to learn them well.