ABSTRACT
Look at these sentences. They all use ‘if’. Rewrite each sentence, replacing ‘if’ with the words in bold. You may need to remove some of the other words.
You can borrow my dictionary if you return it before you go home.
providing that
You can’t go to university if you don’t have good grades.
unless
Pollution will get worse if we continue to live in a throwaway society.
as long as
Many developed countries are willing to waive the Third World debt if the money is reinvested in education and medicine
on condition that
Some countries will never be able to rectify their deficits even if they work very hard.
no matter how
Computers are difficult things to understand, even if you read a lot of books about them.
however many
Crime is a problem, even if you go to relatively safe countries.
wherever
