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Unless

Unless (with suppositions) means if not or except that and it is used with negative conditions only.

Example

Future: Unless he buys the tickets for New York this week, we won’t be going.

(If he doesn’t buy the tickets for New York this week, we won’t be going.)

Present: Unless he had a headache, he wouldn’t take an aspirin.

(If he didn’t have a headache, he wouldn’t take an aspirin.)

Past: Unless she had been sick, she wouldn’t have stayed in bed.

(If she hadn’t been sick, she wouldn’t have stayed in bed.)

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Let’s review!

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The patient won’t get better unless he __________________ an operation.

2 / 20

They won’t call off the game unless it __________________(to call off means to cancel).

3 / 20

She wouldn’t marry her boyfriend unless he __________________ off his beard.

4 / 20

I’m afraid that he won’t be able to find a good job unless his English __________________.

5 / 20

I won’t quit my present job unless I __________________ a better one.

6 / 20

I’m not going to do anything about that problem unless it _________ worse than it already is.

7 / 20

I wouldn’t stay with my company unless they __________________ a raise.

8 / 20

I won’t tell you my secret unless you __________________ me yours.

9 / 20

They won’t put off the meeting unless the boss ________sick. (to put off means to postpone).

10 / 20

Conditions could not get better in the country unless the government __________________ new social programs.

11 / 20

The patient won’t be able to leave the hospital unless her condition __________________.

12 / 20

She won’t be a happy person unless she __________________ romance.

13 / 20

This soup wouldn’t have tasted any good unless you __________________ some salt in it.

14 / 20

We wouldn’t have gotten lost on our hike unless we __________________ the compass.

15 / 20

The children would have played outside yesterday unless the rain __________________.

16 / 20

There wouldn’t have been a class this morning unless the teacher __________________ better.

17 / 20

I might not have been late tonight unless I __________________ my train.

18 / 20

We couldn’t have done another exercise unless we __________________ time.

19 / 20

My car won’t run properly unless I __________________ a new battery.

20 / 20

He wouldn’t begin working on his new book unless he __________________ a contract.

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