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Neil isn't happy with his life. If he 1) had listened..... (listen)
to his mother's advice, he 2).
(stay) at school
and gone on to university. He 3)
(can/find)
a good job if he had got a degree. Neil hates the job he is
doing now. He thinks he 4)
(go) crazy if he
5)
(stay) there much longer. If he
6)
(be) offered another job, he would
take it immediately. In fact, he 7)
... (leave)
if he 8)
(can) afford to, but he can't.
Life 9)
(be) easier if he
10).
(not/have) two children to support.
in brackets into the correct tense.
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e zoo
finds out...
(find out) about this.
(die) unless they're fed.
(run) home if I'd known the football match was on TV.

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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:

  1. 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.
  2. He could have found (can/find) a good job if he had got a degree.
  3. Neil hates the job he is doing now. He thinks he will go (go) crazy if he stays (stay) there much longer.
  4. If he were (be) offered another job, he would take it immediately.
  5. In fact, he would leave (leave) if he could (can) afford to, but he can't.
  6. 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.

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