Learn English with English, baby!

Join for FREE!

Social_nav_masthead_logged_in

Conditionals with "Unless"

The word unless basically means the same thing as if ... not. For example, "Unless you study, you will fail" means the same thing as "If you do not study, you will fail."

Unless is often used in conditional sentences. It can be used with the first, second, or third conditional. Here are some examples.

First Conditional: "You'll be unhappy unless you break up with her" = "You'll be unhappy if you do not break up with her."

Second Conditional: "I wouldn't ask her out unless you told me it was OK" = "I wouldn't ask her out if you told me it was not OK."

Third Conditional: "They wouldn't have come over unless we'd invited them" = "They wouldn't have come over if we had not invited them."

Conditionals with "Unless" Grammar Quiz

  1. Elephants attack people unless they are protecting their young.

  2. Unless you're going to be running a lot of programs simultaneously, an expensive computer necessary.

  3. Unless you to stop to eat, can we keep driving?

  4. Unless those crickets don't stop chirping, I'm crazy.

  5. I would have raised my hand, if I the answer.

Go Super to see the answers! Go Super!

Conditionals with "Unless" Lessons:

No Worries

Alienation

Walking Out of Movies

When Pigs Fly - Conditionals with Unless

Hugging

Bored Out of One's Mind

The Bermuda Triangle

Long Shot

Go Super to Ask Ebaby! teachers your questions! Go Super!

The iTEP® test

  • Schedule an iTEP® test and take the official English Practice Test.

    Take Now >

Comments

Log in to Reply

s@rumi

Bangladesh

watching TV unless missed the news

05:56 PM May 14 2010 |

nbalover513

China

i would not thank you unless i were a fool….....

10:39 AM May 11 2010 |

快乐lv

China

it is very useful,thank you.

01:16 AM May 07 2010 |

Miss.Nana

Miss.Nana

Saudi Arabia

great lesson =)

 Thank you

12:59 PM May 05 2010 |

thbbdo

Venezuela

you will not be rick unless you work very hard

01:45 PM May 03 2010 |

sammy_czx

sammy_czx

China

"unless" basically means the same as "if…not" unless you don't know it's meaning!

08:23 PM Apr 21 2010 |

lian12345

Philippines

i won;t join with you unless you invite me

07:53 AM Apr 18 2010 |

Franky81

Saudi Arabia

you will not pass unless u study well.

04:01 PM Apr 15 2010 |

fab_blithe21

Philippines

 

   You cannot learn english unless you study…

01:34 PM Apr 09 2010 |

lianxs

lianxs

Philippines

i will not talk to you unless you talk to me too.

11:36 AM Mar 15 2010 |