Condition

Exercise 1. IF vs. UNLESS? Which sentences can be rewritten with if or unless and which must stay as they are?

Example: I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t have an accident soon. (cannot be rewritten)

1. Unless it's in the form of insurance, the guarantee could well be worthless.

2. It will be better if we don’t tell her anything.

3. You can have the car tonight if Harriet doesn’t need it.

4. It would have been comic unless it had been so frustrating

5. I’m going to dig the garden this afternoon if it doesn’t rain.

6. She’d look nicer if she didn’t wear so much make-up.

7. You had to be nice to him if you wanted to get on. Nobody could use the computer unless they knew the password.

8. I’ll tell you if I can’t come.

9. I wouldn't have enough to live on if the operation wasn't a success.

10. If the body had not been on the path it would have been ignored.

Exercise 2 Choose the appropriate linker.

1. Не only took her to the hospital on condition that/ if she did not say who had done this.

2. A pilot will only be hired if/ in the event that he signs a statement to say that he will accept no orders from the passenger.

3. They can go into journalism for all I care as long as/ on condition that they're happy.

4. I reluctantly agreed to a postponement in case/on condition that the sale should be completed and the boat handed over by 31st August.

5. She'd only be happy if/ in the event of she got a thousand miles away.

6. My kind of magic works only if/ unless you keep on believing.

7. I could cook you some dinner so long as/ in the event that it's scrambled eggs. (i.e. Scrambled eggs is the only dish I am able or willing to cook for you.)

8. In the event of/ provided a foreign war or domestic agitation, what would be the resisting power of our institutions?

9. A life assurance scheme is one where, in return for a monthly payment over a specified period, you are guaranteed a sizeable payout in the event of/ as long as your death.

10. Being on patrol was the only excuse I could think of in the event of/ providing my being caught at the farmhouse.

11. We shall give you assistance in the event that/ on condition that you suffer illness, personal injury or death during the period of your holiday overseas.

12. Provided that/ when both birds are healthy I cannot see why a mating should not produce healthy chicks.

13. You will probably find this the most pleasant week of the diet provided/ only if you don’t experience a reaction to it.

14. I believe in freedom to do what I wish, providing that/ in the event that it does no harm to my neighbour.

15. Mother will believe me providing/ unless I tell her what she wants to hear.

Exercise 3. Insert assuming (that), given that, considering (that). Comment on your choice.

1. _______ the event had happened such a short time before, a surprising amount of information had already been collected. These devices were very sophisticated considering they were homemade.

2. These two basic factors must continue to apply in the future, _______ the country remains peaceful and politically stable.

3. _______ no decision is ever 100 percent right, it's how we feel about our decisions that counts.

4. _______ I convince you, you can convince Waddington in turn.

5. I don't see what I can do for you, _______you have no evidence.

6. _______ they are such an important part of undergraduate courses, lectures are often presented in a remarkably poor manner.

Exercise 4. Translate into English:

1. Проникнуть в сейф невозможно, ну, разве только если вы не знаете код.

2. Это полная чушь, если так можно выразиться.

3. Они согласились выступить с концертом, но с условием, что гонорар им выплатят заранее.

4. Если предположить, что я смогу решить эту задачку, то и Дэйвид сможет это сделать, ведь он хорошо соображает.

5. Учитывая тот факт, что вода это жидкость, то при нагревании она, естественно, будет испаряться.

6. В случае Вашего отказа, мы будем вынуждены предпринять дальнейшие меры.

7. Возьми еще одну пленку, на случай если та закончится.

8. Ладно, я присмотрю за ребенком, но только при условии, что еда для него будет приготовлена.

9. Не делай этого. В противном случае, подумай о последствиях.

10. Должно быть, у него есть запасной ключ. И если это так, то где он может его хранить.