3 conjonction de subordination

Question 1

He’ll playin the next match ^{<span><strong>à condition que (provided)</strong></span>} he’s fit.

Answer 1

He’ll playin the next match on condition that (provided) he’s fit.

Question 2

• He wouldn’t manage ^{<span><strong>à moins que</strong></span>} he got some help
• He wouldn’t manage ^{<span><strong>sauf si</strong></span>} he didn’t get some help

Answer 2

• He wouldn’t manage unless he got some help
• He wouldn’t manage if not he didn’t get some help

Question 3

I don’t know ^{<span><strong>Si</strong></span>} to accept the offer ^{<span><strong>ou bien</strong></span>} not

Answer 3

si…ou bien

• I don’t know whether to accept the offer or not

Question 4

It’s fine ^{<span><strong>pourvu que/ tant que</strong></span>} you follow the rules

Answer 4

It’s fine as long as you follow the rules

Question 5

• ^{<span><strong>Aussi</strong></span>} hungry you may be you can’t eat that

^{Même si tu as faim, tu ne peux pas manger ça}

Answer 5

However hungry you may be you can’t eat that

^{Même si tu as faim, tu ne peux pas manger ça}

Question 6

• We’ll go ^{bien que} rains
• He lives in a council flat, ^{<span><strong>bien que</strong></span>} his parents are quite rich

Answer 6

• We’ll go even if rains
• He lives in a council flat, even though his parents are quite rich

Question 7

^{<b>Bien que</b>} was exhausted, he walked on

Answer 7

(All) though he was exhausted, he walked on

• although
• even though
• though

Question 8

• It’s not ^{<span><strong>comme si</strong></span>} they couldn’t affort it

^{Ce n’est pas comme s’ils ne pouvaient pas se le permettre}.

Answer 8

• It’s not as if they couldn’t affort it

^{Ce n’est pas comme s’ils ne pouvaient pas se le permettre}.

Question 9

• Humans make errors alors que the computer doesn’t

Answer 9

• Humans make errors whereas the computer doesn’t

Question 10

she’s quite ^très intense ^{tandis que} her brother is more laid-back ^{décontracté}

Answer 10

• she’s quite ^très intense while her brother is more laid-back ^{décontracté}

Question 11

It was ^si cold ^que we had to stay in.

Answer 11

si ( froid) que

• It was so cold that we had to stay in.

Question 12

He’s ^{<span><strong>si</strong></span>} a good guide ^{<span><strong>que</strong></span>} you’d follow him

Answer 12

• He’s such a good guide that you’d follow him

Question 13

they were well on time, ^{<span><strong>si bien que</strong></span>} there was no stress

Answer 13

• they were well on time, so that there was no stress

Question 14

• Do ^{<span><strong>comme</strong></span>} I say ^{fais comme je te dis}
• Do ^{<span><strong>comme</strong></span>} I say ^(oral)

Answer 14

• Do as I say ^{fais comme je te dis}
• Do like I say ^(oral)

Question 15

He acted ^{<span><strong>comme si </strong></span>} nothing had happened

Answer 15

• He acted as if/ as though nothing had happened