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When checking your exam answers, _____, you should leave the answer as you first marked it. Only if you're certain it is wrong should you change it.

if in doubt

Did you pass the final exam? ____, then you'll be able to join the next level. _____, then you'll need to pass the exam first.

If so / If not/Otherwise

If I _____(go) to university, I _____(have) a better job now.

If I had gone to university, I would/might have a better job now.

If she _____(be) sensible, she _____(leave) her job last month.

If she were sensible, she wouldn't have left her job last month.

I forgot to set my alarm so I missed my train.

If I had set the alarm, I wouldn't have missed my train.

Look at her facial expression! It _____ she doesn't like her job at all.

seems/looks as if

If she _____(remember) to buy a ticket, she _____(come) with us to the game later this afternoon.

If she had remembered to buy a ticket, she might be coming with us to the game later this afternoon.

Why is this wrong: We would have had a party there so long as they had arranged the catering.

We can't use "so long as" in past conditionals.

John: Are they going to sell their home? Anna: _____ they receive an exceptional offer.

Not unless / Only if / Provided / Providing / On condition that

Fill the gap with an alternative to if: _____ he asked to borrow your car, would you let him?

Suppose/Supposing/Imagine

Few, _____, Ukrainians always use articles correctly in English.

if any

Which word or words can be removed from this sentence: If it were convenient, I'd use it all the time.

it were

I wasn't travelling in that car so I wasn't injured.

If I'd been travelling in that car, I'd have been injured.

Which word or words can be removed from this sentence: If it is required, I can be there earlier.

it is

If _____ will make a mistake, it's John or Angela.

anyone

Why is this wrong: He wouldn't have arrived on time unless he'd taken a plane?

We don't use "unless" in unreal conditionals.

_____ reading the text, look at the photo and title and predict what it is about.

Without

Let's go to the sushi restaurant, _____ you prefer Italian.

unless

Fill the gap with an alternative to if: She gave me the key to the house _____ you were out.

in case

He's so arrogant! He always _____ he's got all the answers!

acts/behaves/talks as if

Replace the phrase in brackets with something shorter: They would have all died [if it had not been for] the quick thinking of the driver.

They would have all died but for the quick thinking of the driver.

What did she learn in the course, if _____?

anything

If you _____(have) a car, I _____(ask) you to give me a lift.

If you had a car, I would have asked you to give me a lift.

Fill the gap with an alternative to if: _____ emergency, pull the cord above the bath.

In case of

I didn't work hard, so I didn't pass my exam.

If I had worked harder, I would have passed my exam.

Fill the gap to make the sentence mean "we always walk our dog." We walk our dog every day, _____ it rains.

whether or not

You didn't tell me about your plans so I couldn't meet you.

If you'd told me about your plans, I could have met you.

Make the sentence more formal to fit the context: If the government had known about the pollution earlier, they could have saved many lives.

Had the government known about the pollution earlier, they could have saved many lives.

Fix the mistake: If he would have married Laura, he wouldn't have been happy.

If he had married Laura, he wouldn't have been happy.

Reform the sentence without using "if": If you had won a million dollars, would you carry on working?

Suppose/Supposing/Imagine you had won a million dollars, would you carry on working?

He rarely, _____, watches television.

if ever

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