Final answer:
The student's homework is correctly completed by using the past and conditional tenses to fill in the blanks for hypothetical situations relating to Neil's life choices and current circumstances.
Step-by-step explanation:
The task involves filling in the blanks with the correct tense of the verbs provided. Here is a complete answer to the student's homework:
- Neil isn't happy with his life. If he had listened (listen) to his mother's advice, he would have stayed (stay) at school and gone on to university.
- He could have found (can/find) a good job if he had got a degree.
- Neil hates the job he is doing now. He thinks he will go (go) crazy if he stays (stay) there much longer.
- If he were (be) offered another job, he would take it immediately.
- In fact, he would leave (leave) if he could (can) afford to, but he can't.
- Life would be (be) easier if he didn't have (not/have) two children to support.
These sentences illustrate hypothetical situations that did not happen or have not yet occurred, employing the correct form of the past and conditional tenses.