1. If you'd [you had] learnt / learned all your lessons, you would've [would have] had a better mark.

2. If she'd [she had] asked me to help her, I would've [would have] done it immediately.

3. If I'd [I had] known, I wouldn't have come.

4. If you'd [you had] left much earlier, you wouldn't have missed your bus.

5. If you hadn't spent the whole night browsing on the Internet, you wouldn't be so tired this morning.

1. ‘Where's Paul?' ‘He's having lunch.'

2. I've never had so many problems in my life.

3. I was having a bath when the phone rang.

4. ‘Do you have / Have you got the time to come and see me?' ‘No, I don't think so.'

5. Have a rest, you're exhausted.

1. ‘I don't think you gave me your phone number.'

‘I did. Don't you remember?'

2. ‘I hardly ever go to concerts.'

‘Neither do I, nor do my friends.'

3. ‘We love watching films at home, don't you?'

‘We don't. We'd rather go to the cinema.'

4. ‘We have to leave early tomorrow, don't we?'

‘Yes, we do.'

5. ‘Your daughter will sit an exam next month, won't she?'

‘Yes, she will. And so will her brother.'

6. ‘They've been working hard, haven't they?'

‘No, they haven't.'

1. ‘Let's go for a walk, shall we?'

2. ‘Everybody knows where to go, don't they?'

3. ‘Nobody lives there, do they?'

4. ‘We'd better hurry up, hadn't we?'

5. ‘You knew the truth, didn't you?'

6. ‘You didn't want to hurt me, did you?'

1. Everybody was sure that somebody would do it.

2. Anybody could have done it, but nobody did it.

3. Somebody got angry about that, because it was everybody's job.

4. Everybody thought anybody could do it, but nobody realized that everybody wouldn't do it.

5. It ended up that everybody blamed somebody when nobody did what anybody could have done.

6. Did you understand anything?

7. The story may be a little confusing but the message is clear: no one took responsibility so nothing was done.

1. ‘Is there any coffee left?'

2. ‘No, there's none left. I'm going to make some more.'

3. ‘Would you like some coffee?' ‘Yes, I'd love some.'

4. ‘Could I have some coffee, please?'

5. ‘Would you like another / some more coffee?' ‘Yes, I'd love one / some.'

1. A telecommuter is somebody who can work anywhere outside his / her office.

2. ‘When I'm in a café working on my computer, nobody interrupts me, nobody asks me questions.

3. I don't waste any time in public transport.

4. Any person working at home will tell you it's more convenient.

5. Why can't everybody choose the best solution for them?'

1. What he said was clever / smart.

→ Ce qui / ce que = « la / les chose(s) qui / que » : what

2. I wonder what he'll answer.

→ Ce qui / ce que = « la / les chose(s) qui / que » : what

3. He eats lots of hamburgers, which isn't good for his health.

→ Ce qui / ce que = « chose(s) qui / que » : which (résume ce qui précède)

4. I've got all (that) / everything (that) I need.

→ Tout ce dont = tout ce que : all (that) ou everything (that)

5. He spends everything (that) he earns. He should save some money.

→ Tout ce dont = tout ce que : all (that) ou everything (that)

1. Go and visit Monument Valley, a famous park that / which is located in Utah.

2. The pictures that / which are often used in ads were taken there.

3. Before you go you should see a few westerns in which John Wayne was the hero.

4. All the westerns that / Ø John Ford shot take place in Monument Valley.

5. Advertisers have often used one picture in particular, the one in which an Indian is sitting on his horse watching the wagons from a hill.

6. We all know these pictures, which are now icons of the American West.

1. The 1968 Mexico Summer Olympics were the first Olympic Games that were held in a Spanish-speaking country.

2. Afro-American sprinters, Tommie Smith and John Carlos did something which / that was amazing.

3. They raised their fists on the podium, which surprised the world.

4. They wanted to denounce an unfair situation which / that existed in the USA.

5. It was a political gesture which / that had never been seen in Olympic Games.