4. Unless you have your ticket, you won't get on the plane

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It's five o'clock in the morning and passengers are called to gather at gate 12. Paco is on the line and just in front of him there is a girl who has lost her boarding card, she is talking to the air assistant despairingly...

Air hostess: Sorry madam, but unless you have your boarding card you won't get on the plane.

Girl: But, I can't find it. Maybe it is on the chair I was sitting.

Air hostess: Well, you can go there and look for it. Providing that the boarding pass is there, you will get on the plane.

Girl: But what happens if I'm late for boarding.

Air hostess: Don't worry madam, if you are in a hurry we will wait for you.

Girl: Well, I will go then, thank you.

Air hostess: Welcome!

 

boarding card
By User Mattes .Public domain

 

Ten minutes later Paco is on board trying to get asleep.


Could you identify the conditional conjunctions used in the passage?


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When dealing with conditional sentences the order of clauses can be inverted without a change in its real meaning:

For example:

 

If I came back home in time, I would surely go. = I would surely go if I came back home in time.
  • Notice the absence or presence of the comma, depending on the structure.


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Identify and then change the order of the three conditional sentences appearing in the text above.

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Did you know that English is the official language in Pakistan for government, business and legal contracts but the national language is Urdu? Furthermore, a lot of different languages are also spoken in this country. Click here to widen in this issue.

Pakistan ethnic groups
By Naz. Public domain

 


Let's widen now in all the contents introduced in this topic. Go to topic 2 and accompany Paco to Saigon and the Mekong Delta!