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• Jose Angel Isla Barrio

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REPHRASING CONDITIONALS Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. 1.- I don’t sleep well if I’m worried about something. I ______________________ I’m worried about something. 2.- I didn’t see the match because my TV was broken. I _________________________ if my TV hadn’t been broken. 3.- If you don’t obey the rules, I’m not going to play. I’m not going to play unless ___________________________. 4.- She doesn’t have a hobby so she feels bored all the time. If she ____________________________ bored all the time. 5.- We went to the stadium because it was an important game. If it hadn’t been an important game, we __________________________. 6.- I can’t go skiing because it’s very expensive. If it weren’t ___________________________________ skiing. 7.- Charles will teach us how to skateboard this weekend if it doesn’t rain. Unless ____________, Charles will teach us how to skateboard this weekend. 8.- I only heard one part of the act so I didn’t enjoy it. I’m sure I ______________________ if I had heard the whole of it. 9.- The sitcom wasn’t funny so I turned off the TV. I wouldn’t have turned off the Tv _______________________ funny. 10.- Paula found the film hilarious so she recommended it to us. If Paula hadn’t found the film hilarious, she _____________________to us. 11.- He didn’t run so he missed the train. If he’d run ____________________________________. 12.- My mun left school when she was 16 so she didn’t go to university. If she _________________________________________ to university. 13.- They didn’t see the concert because they didn’t buy tickets. If they _________________________________________ the concert.

14.- If you don’t give up coffee, you’ll never sleep well. You’ll never sleep well unless _________________________________. 15.- She didn’t fill in the application form correctly so she didn’t get the job. If she _____________________________________________ the job. 16.- To become good at tennis you should practise. If you practise, you ______________________________ good at tennis. 17.- I don’t know why she doesn’t join a drama club. If I were her, ________________________________ a drama club. 18.- If you are a student you can always get special reduced prices. Unless you are a student __________________________ reduced prices. 19.- Susana didn’t leave early, and so she missed the bus. If Susana ___________________, she ___________________ the bus. 20.- Supposing you had wings, what would you do? What ____________________________________________ wings? 21.- I didn’t go to bed early, so I didn’t wake up at 7.00. If I ______________________ early, I __________________ at 7,00. 22.- John advised Mary not to take the job. “I ________________________ the job if I were you, Mary”, said John. 23.- Let’s go for a picnic if the weather is good. Let’s go for a picnic ___________________________ bad. 24.- I’ll give you a lift unless you want to walk. I’ll ____________________________________ walk. 25.- No-one will see us if we don’t put the light on. No-one ________________________________ the light on. 26.- You don’t revise before exams so you don’t get good marks. You ____________________________________ before exams. 27.- You lose things because you never tidy your room You _________________________________ your room. 28.- We won’t play cards because Jane and George aren’t here. We ____________________________________________ here.

29.- We must hurry or we’ll miss the train. We’ll miss the train unless ____________________________ 30.- He’ll tell you only if you ask him. If you don’t _____________________________________ 31.- My brother has to study more or he will fail his exams. My brother will fail _______________________________ 32.- Since she is not a rich woman, she has to work hard. If she _________________________________________ 33.- He won’t buy the car because it’s in bad condition. If the car ______________________________________ 34.- We couldn’t have lunch in the garden because it was raining. If it ___________________________________________ 35.- They are hungry now because they didn’t have breakfast. If they ______________________________________ 36.- Nothing important happened so I didn’t ring you up. If something important __________________________ 37.- If you don’t dress properly, you won’t go with her to the party. You won’t go with her to the party unless ______________________ 38.- There was a bad accident because the driver of the blue car was very tired. If the driver of the blue car ________________________________ 39.-As you didn’t buy that house they have just sold it to someone else. If you __________________________________________ 40.- I will meet you tomorrow morning because I have a day off. I wouldn’t ________________________