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  • GRAMMAR B2 - INTERMEDIATE 2 6

    • Lecture1.1
      Phrasal Verbs
    • Lecture1.2
      Conditionals
    • Lecture1.3
      Causatives
    • Lecture1.4
      Be/get used to
    • Lecture1.5
      Connectors
    • Lecture1.6
      Alternatives to if

    Alternatives to if

    • Unless is used followed by an affirmative sentence to express ‘if …not’
    • Even if emphasizes that something is happening, is going to happen or happened whatever the condition.
    • Only if makes the condicion more restrictive.
    • Suppose / supposing, what if are more frequently used in conversation and replace ‘if’.
    • As long as can be used instead of ‘if’ to express a condition.
    • Provided/providing that is the same as ‘as long as’ on a more formal way.
    • In case gives a reason more than a condition. We can use should after ‘in case’

    *All of them are used as alternatives to if, practically with the same meaning and used in all types of conditionals.

     

    Examples

    If it rains, I will take my umbrella. 

    I won’t take my umbrella unless it rains. 

    Even if it doesn’t rain, I will take my umbrella.

    Even if it rains, I won’t take my umbrella.

    Supossing it rains, I will take my umbrella.

    As long as it rains, I will stay at home.

    Provided that it rains, I will stay at home.

    In case it rains,  I will take my umbrella.

    In case it should rain, I will take my umbrella.

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