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Conditionals without IF

The document discusses alternative expressions to 'if' in conditional sentences, such as 'imagine', 'suppose', and 'provided (that)', which can be used to form various types of conditionals. It provides examples of these expressions in 2nd and 3rd conditionals, as well as mixed conditionals. Additionally, it includes activities for practicing the use of these expressions in sentences.

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Conditionals without IF

The document discusses alternative expressions to 'if' in conditional sentences, such as 'imagine', 'suppose', and 'provided (that)', which can be used to form various types of conditionals. It provides examples of these expressions in 2nd and 3rd conditionals, as well as mixed conditionals. Additionally, it includes activities for practicing the use of these expressions in sentences.

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CONDITIONALS WITHOUT IF

Conditionals without if
• There are several expressions that have a similar meaning to if in conditional sentences.

The expressions imagine (that), suppose and supposing (that) are used to talk about
what might be the outcome of a hypothetical situation.

These expressions are used with 2nd and 3rd conditional sentences, and always require
two sentences. The first of these contains the condition, at the beginning of the sentence.
The second expresses the outcome.

Imagine (that) you won el million. You'd be very rich.


2nd conditional

Suppose I hadn't met you at the station. You wouldn't have been able to get home.
[3rd conditional]

Supposing (that) you didn't have to work. What would you do all day? [2nd conditionall

The expressions as / so long as, on condition that and provided (that) / providing are
used to make a condition.

These expressions are used in all types of conditional structures, and link two clauses in a
single sentence.

I'll come to watch you play football as / so long as there's somewhere to sit.
1st conditional

I'd do anything to help provided (that) it wasn't t illegal.


[2nd conditional]

I would have lent him my new MP3 player providing he hadn't broken my old one:
[3rd conditional]

The expressions as / so long as, on condition and provided (that) / providing are gen-
erally not followed by would. These expressions occur frequently in mixed conditionals.

She has agreed to sponsor me on condition (that) | complete the race: [mixed conditional]

NOT She has agreed to sponsor me on condition (that) I would complete the race.

ACTIVITIES

Choose the correct sentence in each pair.

1 A Imagine that you lived to be 150, you'd have lots of memories!

B magine that you lived to be 150. You'd have lots of memories!


2 A l'll meet Lee. Provided that you come with me.
I'll meet Lee provided that you come with me.

3 A My parents only let us go to the theatre on condition


that we got a taxi home.
B My parents only let us go to the theatre on condition
that we would get a taxi home.

4 ASuppose you were asked to be in the school play.


Would you do it?
B Suppose that you were asked to be in the school play.
Would you do it?

5 A We'll tell you the secret providing that you don't repeat it to anyone.
not possible
B We'll tell you the secret providing you don't repeat it to
anyone.

6 A Supposing that we hadn't found your jumper. It had been lost forever.
B Supposing that we hadn't found your jumper. It would
be lost forever.

2 Complete the sentences with the words in bold. More than o answer is possible.

suppose so supposing that on condition as providing imagine

1________that we lived in a cold country. Life would be so


much different.

2 You can watch the game so long _________ you don’t interrupt.

3 I let him ride my bike____________ he didn’t go near a main road.

4 He was only allowed to have the key on condition ______he didn't lose it.

5. _____________ you were invisible. What would you do first?

6 She can have some sweets____________ she doesńt eat too many.

7. You can drive a car ___________long as you have a licence.

8 _______________ what the world was like before electricity.


We'd have been accustomed to living in much darker conditions.
3 Complete the sentences with had / hadn't, would / wouldn't or doesn't / didn't.

1 Imagine that you_____won last week's competition.What________you have done with


the prize money!

2 Supposing Dad _________met Mum. I wonder who they __________have married in-
stead?

3 She only agreed to spend the summer in France on condition that her brother ______ go
too.

4 He could have come on the picnic providing he _______brought some food.

5 Imagine you____________ have to go to school. Do you think you ______get bored!

6 I'll be able to buy Sarah's present as long as it ________ cost too much.

7 Suppose our team ________ win on Saturday. We’ll be bottom of the league.

8 We told everyone that the barbecue ________ go head provided that it ______ rain.

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