"Unless" or "provided": Don't take this plate ________ you are ready to eat.
Unless
1st conditional, use "provided":
I will agree to go if my expenses are paid.
I will agree to go provided my expenses are paid.
Provided my expenses are paid, I will agree to go.
Mixed: If we _________ (live) in England now, we ____________ (go) to the London Olympics last month.
lived; would have gone
Mixed conditional, use "provided": He is allergic to seafood. He didn't eat fish last night.
He wouldn't have eaten fish last night, providing he were allergic to seafood.
Providing he were allergic to seafood, he wouldn't have eaten fish last night.
How would your life be different if you had been given a different name? (Answer using the 2nd conditional to talk about the present.)
If I had been given a different name, I would...
Mixed: She doesn't have a mobile phone. That's why she couldn't be contacted yesterday.
If she had a mobile phone, she could have been contacted yesterday.
She could have been contacted yesterday if she had a mobile phone.
Create a conditional with "when": If the rain comes, it pours.
When the rain comes, it pours.
The rain pours when it comes.
"Whether or not" or "As long as": They will only invest in the project __________ everyone agrees.
as long as
Mixed conditional, use "whether or not":
She doesn't speak French. She didn't have a good time in Paris.
Whether or not she spoke French, she wouldn't have had a good time in Paris.
She wouldn't have had a good time in Paris whether or not she spoke French.
Mixed: I lost my map. Therefore, I'm asking for directions now.
I wouldn't ask/be asking for directions if I hadn't lost my map.
If I hadn't lost my map, I wouldn't ask/be asking for directions.
Use "unless": Children cannot enter if they are not accompanied by an adult.
Children cannot enter unless they are accompanied by an adult.
Unless they are accompanied by an adult, children cannot enter.
Use "in case":
Take an umbrella because it might rain.
Take an umbrella in case it rains.
In case it rains, take an umbrella.
When we ______ (heat) water, it always __________ (boil).
heat; boils
Mixed Conditional:
He lost the race. He's not a champion now.
If he hadn't lost the race, he would be champion now.
He would be a champion now if he hadn't lost the race.
Create a conditional by combining the two sentences using "as long as".
You should put more paper in the printer. That way, you will not have any problems.
As long as you put more paper in the printer, you will not have any problems.
You will not have any problems as long as you put more paper in the printer.
Mixed: If I _____________ (study) harder when I was younger, I ___________ (be) at university now.
had studied; would be
Mixed: He would have won the race if he _________ (be) a faster person. However, he's not fast.
were
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