Use of English. Conditionals.

If you 1. ____ (want) to see the stars and planets, you need a good quality telescope. Unfortunately, they aren’t cheap. In fact, if you 2. ____ (want) to buy a really good one, you’d need to have a lot of money. But don’t worry. If you really want to look at the stars, you 3. ____ (can) make your own telescope.

All you need is a cardboard tube—the ones you 4. ____ (use) if you want to send a poster by mail—and a couple of lenses. Make sure you cut the tube very straight. This is important as you 5. ____ (not be able to) to change the focus unless it 6. ___ (be) absolutely straight. Then attach the lenses inside the tube. You can just slide them in, but if you 7. ____ ( need) to make them secure, glue them in carefully. Finally, cover the other end of the tube with a piece of cardboard and make a small hole to look through.

Now you’re ready to look at the stars! It’s not the world’s most powerful telescope, but if you 8. ____ (use) it on a clear night, you get some good views. If I 9. ____ (not have) mine, I wouldn’t see nearly so much of the night sky.

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In fact, if you 2. ____ (want) to buy a really good one, you’d need to have a lot of money. But don’t worry. If you really want to look at the stars, you 3. ____ (can) make your own telescope.

All you need is a cardboard tube—the ones you 4. ____ (use) if you want to send a poster by mail—and a couple of lenses. Make sure you cut the tube very straight. This is important as you 5. ____ (not be able to) to change the focus unless it 6. ___ (be) absolutely straight. Then attach the lenses inside the tube. You can just slide them in, but if you 7. ____ ( need) to make them secure, glue them in carefully. Finally, cover the other end of the tube with a piece of cardboard and make a small hole to look through.

Now you’re ready to look at the stars! It’s not the world’s most powerful telescope, but if you 8. ____ (use) it on a clear night, you get some good views. If I 9. ____ (not have) mine, I wouldn’t see nearly so much of the night sky.

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But don’t worry. If you really want to look at the stars, you 3. ____ (can) make your own telescope.

All you need is a cardboard tube—the ones you 4. ____ (use) if you want to send a poster by mail—and a couple of lenses. Make sure you cut the tube very straight. This is important as you 5. ____ (not be able to) to change the focus unless it 6. ___ (be) absolutely straight. Then attach the lenses inside the tube. You can just slide them in, but if you 7. ____ ( need) to make them secure, glue them in carefully. Finally, cover the other end of the tube with a piece of cardboard and make a small hole to look through.

Now you’re ready to look at the stars! It’s not the world’s most powerful telescope, but if you 8. ____ (use) it on a clear night, you get some good views. If I 9. ____ (not have) mine, I wouldn’t see nearly so much of the night sky.

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All you need is a cardboard tube—the ones you 4. ____ (use) if you want to send a poster by mail—and a couple of lenses. Make sure you cut the tube very straight. This is important as you 5. ____ (not be able to) to change the focus unless it 6. ___ (be) absolutely straight. Then attach the lenses inside the tube. You can just slide them in, but if you 7. ____ ( need) to make them secure, glue them in carefully. Finally, cover the other end of the tube with a piece of cardboard and make a small hole to look through.

Now you’re ready to look at the stars! It’s not the world’s most powerful telescope, but if you 8. ____ (use) it on a clear night, you get some good views. If I 9. ____ (not have) mine, I wouldn’t see nearly so much of the night sky.

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This is important as you 5. ____ (not be able to) to change the focus unless it is absolutely straight. Then attach the lenses inside the tube. You can just slide them in, but if you 7. ____ ( need) to make them secure, glue them in carefully. Finally, cover the other end of the tube with a piece of cardboard and make a small hole to look through.

Now you’re ready to look at the stars! It’s not the world’s most powerful telescope, but if you 8. ____ (use) it on a clear night, you get some good views. If I 9. ____ (not have) mine, I wouldn’t see nearly so much of the night sky.

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This is important as you 5. ____ (not be able to) to change the focus unless it 6. ___ (be) absolutely straight. Then attach the lenses inside the tube. You can just slide them in, but if you 7. ____ ( need) to make them secure, glue them in carefully. Finally, cover the other end of the tube with a piece of cardboard and make a small hole to look through.

Now you’re ready to look at the stars! It’s not the world’s most powerful telescope, but if you 8. ____ (use) it on a clear night, you get some good views. If I 9. ____ (not have) mine, I wouldn’t see nearly so much of the night sky.

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You can just slide them in, but if you 7. ____ ( need) to make them secure, glue them in carefully. Finally, cover the other end of the tube with a piece of cardboard and make a small hole to look through.

Now you’re ready to look at the stars! It’s not the world’s most powerful telescope, but if you 8. ____ (use) it on a clear night, you get some good views. If I 9. ____ (not have) mine, I wouldn’t see nearly so much of the night sky.

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Now you’re ready to look at the stars! It’s not the world’s most powerful telescope, but if you 8. ____ (use) it on a clear night, you get some good views. If I 9. ____ (not have) mine, I wouldn’t see nearly so much of the night sky.

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If you 1. ____ (want) to see the stars and planets, you need a good quality telescope. Unfortunately, they aren’t cheap. In fact, if you 2. ____ (want) to buy a really good one, you’d need to have a lot of money. But don’t worry. If you really want to look at the stars, you 3. ____ (can) make your own telescope.

All you need is a cardboard tube—the ones you 4. ____ (use) if you want to send a poster by mail—and a couple of lenses. Make sure you cut the tube very straight. This is important as you 5. ____ (not be able to) to change the focus unless it 6. ___ (be) absolutely straight. Then attach the lenses inside the tube. You can just slide them in, but if you 7. ____ ( need) to make them secure, glue them in carefully. Finally, cover the other end of the tube with a piece of cardboard and make a small hole to look through.

Now you’re ready to look at the stars! It’s not the world’s most powerful telescope, but if you 8. ____ (use) it on a clear night, you get some good views. If I 9. ____ (not have) mine, I wouldn’t see nearly so much of the night sky.

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You need a lot of money to buy a good quality telescope.

You can’t make your own telescope at home.

Covering the end of the tube with cardboard is an important step.

You need to glue the lenses into the tube to make the telescope work.

Using the telescope on a clear night will give you good views of the sky.