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Conditionals with "Unless"

The word unless basically means the same thing as if ... not. For example, "Unless you study, you will fail" means the same thing as "If you do not study, you will fail."

Unless is often used in conditional sentences. It can be used with the first, second, or third conditional. Here are some examples.

First Conditional: "You'll be unhappy unless you break up with her" = "You'll be unhappy if you do not break up with her."

Second Conditional: "I wouldn't ask her out unless you told me it was OK" = "I wouldn't ask her out if you told me it was not OK."

Third Conditional: "They wouldn't have come over unless we'd invited them" = "They wouldn't have come over if we had not invited them."

Conditionals with "Unless" Grammar Quiz

  1. Elephants attack people unless they are protecting their young.

  2. Unless you're going to be running a lot of programs simultaneously, an expensive computer necessary.

  3. Unless you to stop to eat, can we keep driving?

  4. Unless those crickets don't stop chirping, I'm crazy.

  5. I would have raised my hand, if I the answer.

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Conditionals with "Unless" Lessons:

No Worries

Alienation

Walking Out of Movies

When Pigs Fly - Conditionals with Unless

Hugging

Bored Out of One's Mind

The Bermuda Triangle

Long Shot

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moonface8888

Egypt

i wouldn't be able to travel to any country unless i have a passaport.

thanks for this great lesson

 

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02:35 PM Nov 21 2009 |

Amesmile

Cote D'Ivoire

I won't understand this lesson unless somebody explain it to me

02:53 PM Nov 16 2009 |

Vickey0930

Vickey0930

China

Your dream will not come true unless you work hard!

08:10 AM Nov 16 2009 |

mr.polah

mr.polah

Indonesia

i wouldnt do my homework unless u help me out….lol

08:00 PM Nov 15 2009 |

lonely85

lonely85

Saudi Arabia

unless i speak English very well i will cry

don't believe that hahahaha    

10:02 PM Nov 07 2009 |

danusha

Bulgaria

I never graduate the uni unless I learn more.

03:54 PM Oct 24 2009 |

gaoyan1011

China

Unless I practise more,my oral English will still be poor!

09:22 AM Oct 21 2009 |

ozgurulas34

Turkey

I wont have a girlfriend unless I'm in love x)))

06:01 PM Oct 20 2009 |

Reeh

Reeh

Brazil

I won't be able to have a conversation that this grammar was necessary unless I had read this article =)) thanks for the help

12:43 AM Oct 18 2009 |

rachaeita

rachaeita

Bangladesh

I wouldn't be a complete enlishbaby unless support my environment. 

03:36 AM Oct 17 2009 |