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 ________________________
