If Clause, Exercise 18

        

A. Complete the exercise with If or Unless. 

 1. -------- you drive more carefully, you will have an accident. 

 2. ---------- you prune these trees, they won’t grow well. 

 3. He’ll get lost ---------------someone shows him the way. 

 4. ---------------- you practice your English, you can improve it quickly. 

 5. ------------------ you don’t hurry, you’ll be late for school again. 

 6. ---------------- there is oxygen, fire cannot burn. 

 7. --------------------you go to bed late, you’ll feel tired in the morning. 

 8. My parents will be angry ---------------------- I pass my exams. 

 9. You can’t travel abroad -----------------you don’t have a passport. 

10. You can’t watch TV ----------------you finish your homework. 

11.-------------------they lower the price, I won’t buy that computer. 

B. Complete the exercise with If or When. 

1. -------------------I am late this evening, don’t wait for me. 

2. ---------- I don’t see you tomorrow, I will phone you. 

3. Do you mind --------------I close the window? 

4. ---------------------- I get up in the morning I usually drink a cup of coffee. 

5. Have something to eat. ---------------you don’t eat now, you’ll be hungry later. 

6. John is still at school. ------------------- he leaves, he wants to go to university. 

7. Be careful! ----------------you aren’t careful, you’ll fail. 

8. -------------I see him, I will tell you right away.

9. Please call us ---------------- you arrive.

10. I am going to tell her --------------- she comes.

Inversion, Exercise 3

           

                        INVERSION

1. I have never been asked to accept a bribe.

Never before …...

2. He had hardly left the house when the storm broke.

Hardly ……

3. As soon as he had left the house the storm broke.

No sooner ……………..

4. This switch must not be touched on any account.

On no account …………

5. She rarely has any money to spare.

Rarely ………………..

6. He hardly speaks to anyone.

Hardly …………

7. The nation has seldom been faced with such difficulties.

Seldom……………………….

8. They had hardly started playing tennis when it began to rain.

Hardly ………………………

9. A father has seldom sacrificed so much for his child.

Seldom………………………….

10. You may not return after midnight on any account.

On no account……………………………

11. He would not give up writing his satires under any circumstances.

Under no circumstances………………………………

12. He realized the danger he had been in only after he had read the newspaper the following morning.

Only after HE HAD READ THE NEWSPAPER ……………..

13. They were not able to assess the damage until the floods had subsided.

Not until THE FLOODS HAD SUBSIDED WERE …………………………….

14. He only stays in bed if he is seriously ill.

Only if HE IS SERIOUSLY ILL DOES ………………….

15. We  only then realized how much he had suffered.

Only then DID ………………….