Fill in the blanks.
1You can't gain access ............... you are a member.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to mean "if not": you cannot get access if you are not a member.
2You can't go to their party ............... if you are invited.
Wrong!
Use "except" before "if" to mean that an invitation is the only exception.
3I will go ............... if I am invited.
Wrong!
Use "only" before "if" to show that being invited is the necessary condition.
4I will watch a movie in the afternoon ............... I have some urgent work to do.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to show that urgent work is the exception that will stop the plan.
5In America, ............... you have a car, it is not easy to get about.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to mean that getting about is not easy if you do not have a car.
6"Should we tell her?" "............... she asks."
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Not unless" and "Only if" both mean that we should tell her only on the condition that she asks.
7We can take a cab to the beach, ............... you want to walk.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to introduce walking as the exception to taking a cab.
8You can borrow my camera ............... you promise to handle it with care.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As long as" and "providing" both introduce the condition for borrowing the camera.
9Travelling by car is inconvenient ............... you do not have a place to park.
Wrong!
Use "if" to introduce the condition that makes travelling by car inconvenient.
10............... the room is clean, I don't care whether it is two-star or five-star.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
"As long as", "If", and "Provided" can all introduce the condition that the room must be clean.
11............... that the weather is good, we will go for a swim in the afternoon.
Wrong!
Use "Providing" before "that" to introduce a condition.
12We cannot go out ............... it stops raining.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Unless" and "except if" both show that the rain stopping is the only condition for going out.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- You can’t gain access unless you are a member.
- You can’t go to their party except if you are invited.
- I will go only if I am invited.
- I will watch a movie in the afternoon unless I have some urgent work to do.
- In America, unless you have a car, it is not easy to get about.
- “Should we tell her?” “Not unless / Only if she asks.”
- We can take a cab to the beach, unless you want to walk.
- You can borrow my camera as long as / providing you promise to handle it with care.
- Travelling by car is inconvenient if you do not have a place to park.
- As long as / If / Provided the room is clean, I don’t care whether it is two-star or five-star.
- Providing that the weather is good, we will go for a swim in the afternoon.
- We cannot go out unless / except if it stops raining.