Choose the sentence that has the same meaning as the first.
24. If you are not careful, you will cut yourself with that knife.
A. Unless you are careful, you will cut yourself with that knife.
B. If you are careful, you will cut yourself with that knife.
C. Unless you are not careful, you will cut yourself with that knife.
D. Unless you were careful, you will cut yourself with that knife.
25. Because he doesn’t leave immediately, I call a policeman.
A. Unless he leaves immediately, I won’t call a policeman.
B. If he leaves immediately, I won’t call a policeman.
C. Unless he leaves immediately, I will call a policeman.
D. If he left immediately, I wouldn’t call a policeman.
26. Today isn’t Sunday, so the pupils can’t go swimming.
A. If today is Sunday, the pupils could go swimming.
B. If today were Sunday, the pupils could go swimming.
C. The pupils could go swimming unless today is Sunday.
D. The pupils could not go swimming if today isn’t Sunday.
27. Stop talking or you won’t understand the lesson.
A. If you don’t stop talking, you won’t understand the lesson.
B. If you don’t stop talking, you wouldn’t understand the lesson.
C. If you hadn’t stopped talking, you wouldn’t understand the lesson.
D. If you hadn’t stopped talking, you wouldn’t have understood the lesson.
28. If the homework is difficult, I will ask you for help.
A. Unless the homework is easy, I won’t ask you for help.
B. Unless the homework is difficult, I will ask you for help.
C. Unless the homework is easy, I will ask you for help.
D. Unless the homework isn’t difficult, I won’t ask you for help.
29. I’ll let you borrow the book but you must promise to return it next week.
A. If you promise to return the book, I let you borrow it.
B. If you promised to return the book, I’ll let you borrow it.
C. If you promise to return the book next week, I’ll let you borrow it.
D. If you promise to return the book next week, I won’t let you borrow it.
Use UNLESS instead of IF.
1. If you are not careful, you will cut yourself with that knife.
UNLESS you are careful, you will cut yourself with that knife.
2. If you do not like this one, I'll bring you another.
UNLESS you like this one, I'll bring you another.
3. I'll not be able to do any work if I do not have a quiet room.
UNLESS I have a quiet room, I'll not be able to do any work
4. If she does not hurry, she'll be late.
UNLESS she hurries, she'll be late.
5. If we had more rain, out crops would be better.
UNLESS we had more rain, out crops wouldn't be better.
6. The crops would be have been ruined in the flood had risen higher.
UNLESS the flood had risen higher, The crops wouldn't be have been ruined
7. If you had not sneezed, he wouldn't have known that we were there.
UNLESS you had sneezed, he wouldn't have known that we were there.
8. If she did her hair differently, she would look quite nice.
UNLESS she did her hair differently, she would look quite nice.
9. If John had played for our football team, we would not have lost the game.
UNLESS John had played for our football team, we would have lost the game.
10. If I won a big prize in a lottery, I'd give up my job.
UNLESS I won a big prize in a lottery, I'd not give up my job.