Provided and Unless

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Provided and Unless

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Provided and Unless

As conjunctions the difference between unless and provided is that unless is except on a specified condition; if not while provided is only if (the stipulation that follows is true).

Exercises

EXERCISE 1.

Put provided or unless in the blanks:

e.g. We’ll pay you provided you finish the work.

We won’t pay you unless you finish the work.

1. He kept working because he knew that __________ he met the deadline, he would lose his job.
2. _______ he could finish the assigned work, he would lose his job.
3. We will never finish this work ___________ we are allowed to stay late.
4. __________ she could maintain her beliefs, she would maintain her concentration.
5. We’ll be in big trouble ______________ we can keep out of local politics.
6. We will be alright _______________ we can keep out of local politics.
7. We knew that we would make a lot of money, ____________ the formula worked.
8. The boy would be happy ___________ he could maintain his present tenor of life.
9. The man would be very depressed ___________ he could maintain his present tenor of life.
10. They would be well paid ______________ they kept up the devastating rhythm.

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EXERCISE 2.

Change the sentences with “provided“ into sentences using “unless“ and the sentences with “unless“ into sentences using “provided“. Keep the same meaning but you may have to change some works.

e.g.   Provided we can keep this thing under control we’ll be able to use it for our experiments on winged snow dogs in Central Asia.

We won’t be able to use this thing for our experiments on winged snow dogs in Central Asia unless we can keep it under control.

1. They will never believe us unless we lie!
2. Being of a fundamentally pacific nature, the Alaskan winged snow dog never attacks unless it is threatened.
3. The killer agreed to do the job, provided he was paid $500.000 plus travelling expenses and ammunition.
4. Access to the mugwump haven was denied us unless we promised to keep its location a secret.
5.   She agreed to play the part provided she didn’t have to wear that ridiculous ht.
6.    Unless he took his medicine his hands trembled.
7. He won’t get any bonus unless he finishes the work properly.  

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