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Easier English Dictionary for Students (978 0 7475 6624 3)
Page 1 Condition answers A. 1. You can borrow my dictionary
providing that you return it before you go home. (We can also say
provided that )
2.
You can’t go to university
unless you have good grades. (
Unless means the same as
If you don’t )
3.
Pollution will get worse
as long as we continue to live in a throwaway society. (We can also say
so long as, although this is slightly more formal)
4.
Many developed countries are willing to waive the Third World debt
on condition that the money is reinvested
in education and medicine.
5.
Some countries will never be able to rectify their deficits,
no matter how hard they work. (Note word changes
and sentence ending)
6.
Computers are difficult things to understand,
however many books you read about them. (
However is used in
the same way as
no matter )
7.
Crime is a problem,
wherever you go.
On condition that is the most formal expression, and is generally stronger than the other words and expressions.
B. (We put the conditional clause at the beginning of a sentence if we consider it to be the most important part of
the sentence)
1.
Providing that you return it before you go home, you can borrow my dictionary.
2.
Unless you have good grades, you can’t go to university.
3.
As long as we continue to live in a throwaway society, pollution will get worse.
4.
On condition that the money is reinvested in education and medicine, many developed countries are willing to
waive the Third World debt.
5.
