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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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Olaniyan Opeyemi

Nigeria

I will attend the party unless i don't have lecture

04:53 AM Jan 15 2011 |

Olaniyan Opeyemi

Nigeria

He needs to study harder unless he will fail.

04:48 AM Jan 15 2011 |

mhelena

mhelena

Brazil

I will not eat this cake unless I become fat

03:01 AM Jan 11 2011 |

goldenboy2011

Egypt

ThAnk you a LOt

03:06 AM Jan 06 2011 |

totototi

Iraq

do u mean that unless come in negative sentences?

08:19 PM Jan 05 2011 |

totototi

Iraq

do u mean that unless come in negative sentences?

08:19 PM Jan 05 2011 |

marusha

Philippines

i will accept him back unless his divorce.

01:52 AM Jan 04 2011 |

lonely85

lonely85

Saudi Arabia

unless play very well uwill loes the game

 

11:03 AM Dec 17 2010 |

徐昆

Angola

I will be unhappy unless i forget him

01:41 PM Nov 12 2010 |

dlyn

Afghanistan

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08:29 PM Oct 31 2010 |