Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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Conditional
Clauses

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Chapter 13 IAdverbClauses 227

A. Completethesentences.Insomesentences,youwillhavetoaddan

appropriateindependentclause.Inothers,justcompletetheconditionalclause.

Ifnecessary,refertotheprecedingcharttoselectverbtenses.Thefirstone

hasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1.Thecompanywillhavetodeclarebankruptcyunlessitssalesimprovesoon.

2.Ifthecompanydoesnotincreaseitsprofits, _

3.Thecompanywouldincreaseitsprofitsif _

4.Unless _

alltheemployeeswilllosetheirjobs.

5.Thecompanypresidentwouldnothaveresignedif _

6.Thevicepresidentwillalsoresignunless _

B. Everyonemakesdecisionsintheirlivesthataffecttheirlives.Ona separate

sheetofpaper,writesixsentencesusingconditionalclauses.Writethree

sentencesaboutdecisionsyouarefacingnoworthatyouwillfaceinthenear

futureandthreesentencesaboutdecisionsyoumadeinthepast.

Examples

IfI getmarried,IwillnotbefreetotravelasmuchasI wantto.

IfI hadnotfinishedhighschool,Iwouldstillbeworkingata minimum-wagejob.

Thesearetheimportantpointscoveredinthischapter.

1.Anadverbclauseisa dependentclausethatanswersquestionssuchas

Where?When?Why?How?Forwhatpurpose?andUnderwhat

conditions?Adverbclausescanalsoexpresstwokindsofcontrast.

2.Placeanadverbclauseeitherbeforeorafteranindependentclause.Ifan

adverbclausecomesbeforeanindependentclause,puta commaafterit.

Ifit comesafteranindependentclause,donotusea comma.(Exception:

Alwaysusea commawithwhileandwhereas.Also, manywritersalways

usea commawithalthough, though,andeventhough.)