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If the bills are paid, tenants will not be evicted. ( Providing .....)

Provided/Providing (that) the bills are paid, tenants will not be evicted.

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What would you do if you won the lottery? ( Suppose.....)

Suppose/supposing you won the lottery, what would you do?

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Without Miguel, we wouldn't know what to do now. ( If it.....)

If it weren't for Miguel, we wouldn't know what to do now.

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Without your help, I would have been in big trouble. ( But......)

But for your help, I would have been in big trouble.

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If you have doubts, consult a dictionary. ( If in.......)

If in doubt, consult a dictionary.

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I don't speak English well enough, so I didn't get the job. ( If.....)

If I spoke better English, I could/ would have got the job.

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You are not smart; that's why you borrowed money. ( If....)

If you were smarter, you wouldn't have borrowed money in the first place.

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We didn't follow the sign, and now we are lost. ( If.....)

If we had followed the sign, we wouldn't be lost now.

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You drank too much last night; that's why you have a hangover now. ( If...)

If you had drunk less/ hadn't drunk so much last night, you wouldn't have a hangover.

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If you see Kate, say hi from me. ( Should....)

Should you see Kate, say hi from me.

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What would you say if he proposed you? ( Were.....)

Were he to propose to you now, what would you say?

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Without Miguel, we wouldn't know what to do. ( Were....)

Were it not for Miguel, we wouldn't know what to do now.

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What would you say if an artist asked to paint your portrait? ( Suppose....)

Suppose an artist asked to paint your portrait, what would you say?

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If we gave up the fight now, it would mean the end of democracy in our country. ( Were.....)

Were we to give up the fight now, it would mean the end of democracy in our country.

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If the cinema had been open, we would have seen The Two Towers. ( Had.....)

Had the cinema been open, we would have seen The Two Towers.

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I'll buy a new computer if I get a rise in salary. (As .........)

As long as I get a rise in salary, I'll buy a new computer.

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