IELTS Grammar: conditional mistakes

Can you correct the mistakes in the following conditional sentences?

1. If there was a ban on cigarette, less people would smoke cigarette.
2. If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would likely to prefer making food at home.
3. If schools administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.
4. If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would be seized from rising.

Comments

[Renee]

1. fewer people
2. have been likely
3. administered any teachers
4. would have been seized

I am not sure about the 3rd one. The meaning seems not right?

[toantom]

1. would smoke
2. would have prefered
3. would arise
4. would have seized
please teacher

[Lindy.Ng]

If there were a ban on cigarette, less people would smoke cigarette.
If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would be likely to prefer making food at home.
If schools administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.
If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[Charu]

1.If there was a ban on cigarette, fewer would smoke cigarette.
2.If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would likely prefer making food at home.
3.If schools administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.
4.If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[toantom]

ok fewer people, just i know frefer + v(ing) ?? in case...

[hn]

1. If there was a ban on cigarette, fewer people would smoke it.
2. If the tax rate on food had increased, people would be more likely to prefer making food at home.
3. If schools were not administered by any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.
4. If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized form rising.

[Pronoy]

1. If there was a ban on cigarette, less people would smoked cigarette.
2. If the tax rate on junk food had been increased, people would have likely to preferred making food at home.
3. If schools administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would not arisen.
4. If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[saeid]

1-If there were a ban on cigarette, less people would smoke cigarette.
2-If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would likely have preferred making food at home.
3-If schools were administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.
4-If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[Minh]

1.If there is a ban on cigarettes, less people will use cigarettes.

2.If the tax rate on junk food is increased, people will likely prefer making food at home.

3.If schools are administered without teachers, disorder and lawlessness will arise.

4.If uncensored commercials are banned, the crime rates will be seized and stop rising.

[sf]

1.If there were banned on cigarettes, less people would smoke cigarettes.

2.If the tax rate on junk food increased, people would be likely to prefer making food at home.

3.If schools were administered without teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.

4.If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rates would have been seized from rising.

[Huyen]

We should put all these four sentence in 1st conditional sentence because these can happen in the future, not imagine

[Raveen]

Hi,

If there were ban on cigarette, less people would smoke cigarette.

2. if the tax on junk food had increased, people would have likely to prefer making food at home.
3.if schools were administrated with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.
4.if uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

thanks.

[Ame]

(1) If there were a ban on cigarette, less people would smoke cigarette.

(2) If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would likely to prefer making food at home.

(3) If schools were administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.

(4) If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have seized from rising.

[lee]

1)If there was a ban on cigarette,few people would smoke cigarette.

2)If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would have been likely to prefer making food at home.

3)If schools administered with any teachers, there would arise disorder and lawlessness.

4)If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[Zane]

If there is a ban on cigarette, less people will smoke cigarette.
If the tax rate on junk food is increased, people will likely prefer making food at home.
If schools are administered without any teachers, disorder and lawlessness will arise.
If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[Kim]

1.fewer people
2.would have been likely to
3.did not administered
4.would have been seized

[Wenqing]

If there were a ban on cigarette, less people would smoke cigarette.
If the tax rate on junk food had been increased, people would likely to prefer making food at home.
If schools were not administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.
If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[sjm]

Interesting to see how nobody has identified the repetition in number 1.

Natives don't repeat words very often in the same sentence. If we say 'cigarettes' in the first half of a sentence, we will always say 'them' in the second half.

[Mistake Killer]

1. If there were a ban on cigarette, fewer people would smoke cigarette.
2. If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would have preferred making food at home. (likely has the same meaning as if conditional sentence, this type 3 conditional sentence means not possible to happen)
3. If schools administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would rise.
4. If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[Mahnaz]

1. If there were a ban on cigarette, fewer people would smoke cigarette.
2. If the tax rate on junk food had been increased, people would have preferred making food at home.
3. If schools administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would rise.
4. If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[Biks]

1. If there was a ban on cigarette, fewer people would smoke cigarette.

2. If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would have preferred to make food at home.

3. If schools administered without any teachers, probably computer would not control children.

4.If uncensored advertisement had banned. perhaps the crime rate would't rise.

[Vanessa]

Hi Simon,

Here's hoping that the following answers are correct :)

1.If there was a ban on cigarette, LESS PEOPLE WOULD SMOKE.

2.If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would likely PREFER MAKING FOOD AT HOME.

3.If schools WERE administered WITHOUT ANY TEACHERS, disorder and lawlessness would arise.

4.If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SEIZED from rising.

[Vanessa]

Hi Simon,

Here's hoping that the following answers are correct :)

Note: Correction on the 4th conditional sentence

1.If there was a ban on cigarette, LESS PEOPLE WOULD SMOKE.

2.If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would likely PREFER MAKING FOOD AT HOME.

3.If schools WERE administered WITHOUT ANY TEACHERS, disorder and lawlessness would arise.

4.If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CEASED from rising.

Thanks!!!

[toantom]

1. if there were a ban on cigarette, they would not smoke
2. if the tax rate on junk food had been increased, students would have preferred making them at home.
3. if schools administered with teachers, disorder and lawlessness would not be.
4. if uncensored commercials had baned, the crime w ould not have been too.
hope fun

[auau]

1. If there were a ban on cigarette, less people would smoke.
2. If the tax rate on junk food increased, people would prefer making food at home.
3. If schools were not administered by any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would arise.
4. If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been deterred from rising.

[Sujata Bhatta]

few people
would have been
any teachers
would have been

[Steff]

1.If there was a ban on cigarette, less people would have smoked.

2.If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would have preferred making food at home.

3.If schools were administered without any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would have risen.

4.If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[Steff]

1.If there was a ban on cigarette, less people would have smoked.

2.If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would have preferred making food at home.

3.If schools were administered without any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would have risen.

4.If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.

[Simon]

ANSWERS FROM SIMON

First, here are the problems:

1. We need the plural 'cigarettes', and it would be better if we didn't repeat this word. Also, the second conditional uses 'were' instead of 'was' (although you'll hear native speakers breaking this rule). Finally, stictly speaking we should write 'fewer people' instead of 'less people' (although you'll hear native speakers breaking this rule too!).

2. We need the past 'increased' instead of the past perfect 'had increased'. Also 'would likely to' is wrong.

3. 'with any' is wrong because it doesn't express a negative. We need to write 'without any'. Also, this person was trying too hard to use 'difficult' words; I would change 'administered', 'disorder' and 'lawlessness'. This last word in particular is much too extreme for this topic!

4. The use of 'uncensored' doesn't work here. We also need to change the verb phrase from the past perfect passive to the past simple passive ('had been banned' to 'were banned'). Finally, we don't say 'seized from rising'.

[Simon]

FROM SIMON

Now, here are my corrected versions:

1. If there were a ban on cigarettes, fewer people would smoke.

OR:

1. If cigarettes were banned, fewer people would smoke.

2. If the tax rate on junk food were increased, more people would choose to eat at home.

3. If schools were run without teachers, the behaviour of pupils would be much worse.

4. If commercials were banned, the crime rate would fall.*

*I'm not sure what the link is between advertising and crime, but this is what the student wanted to say.

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[winnie]

1. If there had been a ban on cigarette, less people would have smoked cigarette.
or if there were ban on cigarette, less people would smoke cigarette.
2. If the tax rate on junk food had increased, people would have preferred making food at home.
3. If schools had administered with any teachers, disorder and lawlessness would not have arisen.
4. If uncensored commercials had been banned, the crime rate would have been seized from rising.