The best way to learn the difference between if and unless is through practice and I challenge you to score ten on ten in the if and unless quiz. Read through the ten sentences and choose the correct missing words.
For each of the following 1-10, choose the correct answer.
1) ... you don’t hurry up, we’ll miss the bus.
2) We’ll go out for a walk ... it rains.
3) ... you cut down on fatty foods, you can’t lose weight.
4) ... you don’t warm up before exercising, you risk injuring yourself.
5) I will take a trip to Spain ... I can save enough money.
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6) You can’t get this job ... you speak French well.
7) ... you take this medicine, you’ll feel much better.
8) I wouldn’t have finished the work ... you’d helped me.
9) Don’t call me ... it’s an emergency.
10) ... he works harder, he won’t get a promotion.
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Answers – If & Unless Quiz
1. If you don’t hurry up, we’ll miss the bus.
2. We’ll go out for a walk unless it rains.
3. Unless you cut down on fatty foods, you can’t lose weight.
4. If you don’t warm up before exercising, you risk injuring yourself.
5. I will take a trip to Spain if I can save enough money.
6. You can’t get this job unless you speak French well.
7. If you take this medicine, you’ll feel much better.
8. I wouldn’t have finished the work unless you’d helped me.
9. Don’t call me unless it’s an emergency.
10. Unless he works harder, he won’t get a promotion.
Finished already? Then try another exercise here.
Please revise the answer for number 10.