if to unless conversion
1.- if nobody helps me, i’ll get into trouble.
i’ll get into trouble unless somebody helps me.
2.- i won’t know anything about my friends if they don’t write to me.
3.- they wouldn’t have bothered you if they hadn’t needed your help.
4.- if there isn’t a traffic jam, we’ll be home by five o’clock.
5.- people don’t go to the doctor if they aren’t ill
6.- i’ll punish you if you don’t tell me the truth
7.- they won’t invite you to their party if they don’t know your phone number.
8.- they won’t give you the job if they don’t like your appearance.
9.- if you don’t finish your homework now, i won’t let you watch tv.
10.- i won’t phone you if there isn’t anything urgent.
11.- i wouldn’t invest all this money if i weren’t sure i would get it back.
12.- if you don’t get up early, you’ll miss your train.
13.- i wouldn’t have asked him any questions if he hadn’t been ready to answer them.
14.- we won’t go fishing if the weather isn’t fine.
15.- i won’t ask him to write if he doesn’t want to.
16.- i never hitch-hike if it isn’t absolutely necessary.
17.- if i don’t know anything about him in two days, i’ll report his disappearance to the
police.
18.- she wouldn’t save any money if she didn’t want to buy a house of her own.
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1. - What is the name of these strange fruits? - These are not fruits,
and vegetables. 2. Mom often puts dried fruit in the pie. 3. On
Does this tree always have a lot of fruit? 4. On this island there are growing
personal citrus fruits. 5. Go to the store and buy vegetables and
fruit. 6. I love having different fruits on the table. 7. You need
us fruit to make a cake? 8. My little brother is very lov-
a bit of fruit, especially bananas. 9. We grow in the garden many times -
fruits. 10. I have never seen such fruits in my life.
Аз есмь царь!
Вот это есмь и есть наш, родной глагол to be . Сейчас вместо царей — президенты, а вместо есмь — в лучшем случае, тире:
Я — президент!
Перейдем к английскому. Там и для королевы, и для простых людей, и вообще, для каждого лица есть своя форма глагола to be , и ее НЕЛЬЗЯ пропускать.
Допустим, надо сказать такую фразу:
Мой папа — самый лучший.
Нельзя пойти по очевидному пути и сказать:
My father — the best.
Чего-то не хватает, и это глагол to be !
My father is the best.
Проблема в том, что, если не знать заранее, никогда не поймешь, что is — это и есть to be . Слова-то внешне непохожие. Вот как выглядит глагол to be в разных лицах: