Choose the most natural sentence:

If surgeries were always done by robots, there'd be unintended consequences

What does the sentence mean?"Our lives will be enhanced by new technology."

Technology will make our lives better.

What does this sentence suggest?"Cures for many major diseases will have been discovered by 2060."

C) In the future, the cures will already exist by that time

What’s being imagined here? "If people were implanted with tracking chips at birth, crime rates might drop."

This is an imagined situation about the present/future.

What does this sentence suggest?"Cures for many major diseases will have been discovered by 2060."

C) In the future, the cures will already exist by that time

What does this sentence describe? "It was predicted that cities would be powered by solar energy."

An expectation in the past about the future

Which sentence imagines the past?

If renewable energy had been used, we wouldn’t face this crisis.

Which sentence imagines a different present?

A) If people were warned about AI risks, they’d be more careful.

"No one believed the pandemic was going to be spread so quickly."

C) People were surprised by how fast it spread.

What is this sentence saying? "If human cloning were permitted, we'd face many ethical dilemmas."

C) Human cloning isn’t permitted, but this imagines what could happen.

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Advanced - The passive voice in unreal conditional and The passive voice in the future

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The passive voice in unreal conditional sentences The passive voice: the future, the future perfect, and the future as seen from the past

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1
By next year, the first underwater city _____.
A) will build
D) would be built
C) will have been built
B) is going to be building
2
The first human base on Mars is going to ______ by 2080.
establish
have been established
be established
be establishing
3
Most major species extinctions ______ by the year 2100.
will have been caused
are going to cause
will be caused
are being caused
4
Choose the most natural sentence:
If robots perform surgeries, we’ll face ethical issues.
If robots are used for surgery, more people will be treated.
If surgeries had been performed by robots, more people would be treated.
If surgeries were always done by robots, there'd be unintended consequences
5
What does the sentence mean?"Our lives will be enhanced by new technology."
New technology is dangerous.
Technology will make our lives better.
Technology won’t affect us.
Technology will destroy our lives.
6
What does this sentence suggest?"Cures for many major diseases will have been discovered by 2060."
D) Diseases will disappear without any help.
B) Scientists are going to start looking for cures.
A) We already have the cures.
C) In the future, the cures will already exist by that time
7
If stronger cybersecurity systems ______ last year, the data wouldn’t have been stolen.
are being used
had been put in place
would be placed
were put
8
By 2050, thousands of new homes ______ using 3D printers.
B) will have built
A) will have been built
C) will build
D) are built
9
What’s being imagined here? "If people were implanted with tracking chips at birth, crime rates might drop."
The speaker is proposing a new law.
This is an imagined situation about the present/future.
Tracking chips caused crime to rise.
Tracking chips are implanted at birth.
10
What does this sentence suggest?"Cures for many major diseases will have been discovered by 2060."
A) We already have the cures.
B) Scientists are going to start looking for cures.
C) In the future, the cures will already exist by that time
D) Diseases will disappear without any help.
11
Back in 1990, people said robots ______ in every home by 2020
will be
would been
were going to be
are going to be
12
If solar panels _______ on all rooftops, we’d have cleaner cities.
A) are placed
B) were placed
C) had been placed
D) placed
13
It was once thought that humans ______ to live on Mars by 2020.
were going to be able
would have be able
are going
will be able
14
What does this sentence describe? "It was predicted that cities would be powered by solar energy."
Something happening now
An expectation in the past about the future
An impossible situation
A plan for the past
15
Which sentence imagines the past?
If renewable energy had been used, we wouldn’t face this crisis.
If fossil fuels are banned, emissions will fall.
If cars were powered by water, we’d save energy.
If energy is renewable, crisis ends.
16
Which sentence imagines a different present?
D) If people warn AI, they’ll avoid risk.
B) If people are warned about AI risks, they’ll be more careful.
C) If people had been warned about AI, nothing would happen.
A) If people were warned about AI risks, they’d be more careful.
17
If electricity ______ four centuries ago, technology would be more advanced today.
B) had been discovered
C) was discovered
D) is discovered
A) has been discovered
18
"No one believed the pandemic was going to be spread so quickly."
D) The pandemic started recently.
A) The pandemic didn’t spread.
C) People were surprised by how fast it spread.
B) Everyone knew it would spread.
19
What is this sentence saying? "If human cloning were permitted, we'd face many ethical dilemmas."
B) We are currently facing ethical dilemmas.
A) Human cloning is permitted.
D) Ethical dilemmas are never related to cloning.
C) Human cloning isn’t permitted, but this imagines what could happen.

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