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if and unless
A)for each of the following sentences write the other two types of if-clauses:
1. He'll come if you wait.
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
2. If you ring the bell, someone will come.
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
3. You'll catch the train if you take a taxi.
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
4. If he wrote to me, I'd write to him.
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
5. You would have found the book if you had opened the bag.
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
6. We won't go if it doesn't stop raining.
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
7. If you could come it would be very nice.
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
8. It would have been better if they hadn't come.
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
9. If you go to town will you buy something for me?
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________
10. What would you do if a bee stung you?
a)______________________________________________________________________
b)______________________________________________________________________

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B)fill in the gaps with the adequate tense of the verbs in brackets:
1. We are going to play tennis this afternoon if it ________________
raining.(stop)
2. If John eats another cake, he ________________ sick.(get)
3.I wouldn't do that if I __________ you.(be)
4. If she ______________ the phone, she would never have heard the news.(not
answer)
5. If I had the courage, I _____________ him back.(answer)
6. It will be impossible for me to finish my work if you _______________ that
chatter.(not cease)
7. If it rains you ______________ wet.(get)
8. Maisie's mother ______________ what to do if she were alive.(know)
C)replace if for unless and make the necessary changes:
1. We'll go for a picnic if it doesn't rain.
_________________________________________________________
2. He will not learn much if he doesn't work harder.
__________________________________________________________
3. He won't come if you don't invite him.
___________________________________________________________
4.I won't write to her if she doesn't write to me.
____________________________________________________________
5. The servant won't come if you don't ring the bell.
_____________________________________________________________

D) Rephrase the following sentences as indicated below:

1. You should have come before in order to get an autograph from the President.
If you had..............................................................

2. She only referred that because he was complaining.

If he hadnt............................................................

3. He didnt study hard and so he failed his exams.

If he had...............................................................

4. School-leavers
labour.

must assert their rights not to be regarded as cheap

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If school-leavers.......................................................

5. The town people only changed that way because the TV station was
sabotaged.
If the TV station hadnt................................................

6. They have built factories there because they found out coal in the soil.
If they hadnt..........................................................

7. They should be flexible enough to allow workers the freedom to participate in the decisions of the government.
If they were flexible enough they.......................................

8. Environmentalists protested so vehemently because the government projected

to destroy the rain forest.
If the government hadnt................................................

9. The protesters tried to block the gates and so they were put to prison.
If the protesters try...................................................

10. The Environmental Protection Association made the right recommendations

and so the town people were able to avoid the disaster.
If the Environmental Protection Association didnt......................

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