Fill in the blanks with if, unless or without.
1. …………………….. we don’t start now, we will be late.
We use if to express condition - something which must happen first so that something else can happen.
2. ……………………….. you mend your ways, you will land in serious trouble.
Unless means if not. The given sentence can also be written as: If you do not mend your ways, you will land in serious trouble.
3. ………………………… you don’t know the meaning of a word, you should look it up in the dictionary.
We use if to express a condition.
4. I won’t be able to do it ……………………….. your help.
Without means in the absence.
5. I will not be able to do it …………………………… you do not help me.
6. ………………………….. you help me, I will not be able to do it.
Unless means if not.
7. ………………………… you have a wonderful memory, it is important to repeat your answers.
Unless means if not.
8. It is not easy to get a job ………………………… you have experience.
The sentence means that ‘If you do not have experience, it is not easy to get a job.’
9. You cannot login ………………………….. you know the password.
10. Children should not play with these toys ………………………….. they are under the supervision of an adult.
Unless means if not.
11. ………………………. she cannot come and see us, we will go and see her.
12. Most wild animals do not attack people ……………………. they do not provoke them.
Answers
1. If we don’t start now, we will be late.
2. Unless you mend your ways, you will land in serious trouble.
3. If you don’t know the meaning of a word, you should look it up in the dictionary.
4. I won’t be able to do it without your help.
5. I will not be able to do it if you do not help me.
6. Unless you help me, I will not be able to do it.
7. Unless you have a wonderful memory, it is important to repeat your answers.
8. It is not easy to get a job unless you have experience.
9. You cannot login unless you know the password.
10. Children should not play with these toys unless they are under the supervision of an adult.
11. If she cannot come and see us, we will go see her.
12. Most wild animals do not attack people if they do not provoke them.
