REPHRASING CONDITIONALS

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence.

11.- He didn’t run so he missed the train. (3)

If he had run he wouldn’t have missed the train
____________________________________.

12.- My mun left school when she was 16 so she didn’t go to university.
If she __hadn’t left school when she was 16, she would have gone
_______________________________________ to university.

13.- They didn’t see the concert because they didn’t buy tickets.
If they had bought tickets they would have seen
_________________________________________ the concert.

15.- She didn’t fill in the application form correctly so she didn’t get the
job.
If she _had filled in the application form correctly, she would have
got____________________________________________ the job.

16.- To become good at tennis you should practise.

If you practise, you will become______________________________ good at
tennis.

17.- I don’t know why she doesn’t join a drama club.

If I were her, _i would join_______________________________ a drama
club.

18.- If you are a student you can always get special reduced prices.
Unless you are a student __you cann always get special reduced
price________________________ reduced prices.

19.- Susana didn’t leave early, and so she missed the bus.
If Susana had left eary___________________, she wouldn’t have
missed___________________ 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 _had gone to bed early, I would have waken
up______________________________________ at 7,00.

22.- John advised Mary not to take the job.

“I wouldn’t take________________________ 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. unless = if not
I’ll _give you a lift if _you don’t want to
__________________________________ 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’ is in bad condition.

If the car _weren’t in bad condition , he would buy 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 _had have breakfast, they would not be hungry now
_____________________________________

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 ________________________