P6 The use of 'unless' (post)

Reorder the following sentences in a text about mountain gorillas.

• Humans have taken homes from mountain gorillas.

• Unless we stop clearing their land for resources,

• they will soon become homeless.

Fill in the blank to complete the sentence about mountain gorillas.

The number of mountain gorillas will go down ___ we stop poaching them.

• because

• however

• unless

• but

Fill in the blank to complete the sentence about mountain gorillas.

Some people hunt mountain gorillas ___ they keep the body parts as trophies.

• because

• however

• unless

• but

​ (a)   unless ​ (b)  

• mountain gorillas will get diseases from humans
• we stay away from them

Choose the sentence that means:

Unless we stop hunting mountain gorillas, they will face extinction soon.

• Mountain gorillas will face extinction soon since we stop hunting them.

• If we don't stop hunting mountain gorillas, they will face extinction soon.

• If we stop hunting mountain gorillas, they will face extinction soon.

• When we stop hunting mountain gorillas, they will face extinction soon.

Rewrite the following sentence using 'unless'.

The number of mountain gorillas will decline unless we help protect them.

​ (a)   we help protect ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   will decline​ (e)  

• Unless
• mountain gorillas
• ,
• their number
• .
• unless
• Mountain gorillas
• Their number