Question

Insert ‘if’, ‘unless’ or ‘otherwise’ :

(xii) He won’t come .......... you write to him.

(xiii) ............ you don’t like samosas, try something

else.

(xiv) Write to him ............ he won’t come.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) unless

(ii) if

(iii) otherwise

Answer 2

Completed sentences with appropriate words are as follows:

(xii) He won’t come unless you write to him.

(xiii) If you don’t like samosas, try something else.

(xiv) Write to him otherwise he won’t come.​

Using "unless":

• Unless is synonymous with if...not.
• Unless, like if, is followed by a present, past, or past perfect tense (never by a conditional).
• Unless is used instead of if...not in all forms of conditional phrases.
• When using unless the sequence of the clauses is irrelevant.

Using "If":

• If the if clause comes before the main clause, use a comma after it.
• Conditional sentences are statements that deal with known or speculative elements and their outcomes.
• Full conditional sentences include a conditional sentence phrase (also known as the if clause) and a consequence.

Using "Otherwise":

• Otherwise, it could signify if not.
• It is used to express the idea that if one thing does not happen, something else (typically terrible) will.
• Otherwise can also be used to imply that something is true since the circumstance would be different if it were false.

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