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Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning. Tanya would not know the answer unless she referred to the answer key.

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Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.

Tanya would not know the answer unless she referred to the answer key.

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Tanya would not know the answer if she had not referred to the answer key.

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Chapter 4.1: The Summit - Grammar- Conditional Clauses [Page 125]

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Chapter 4.1 The Summit
Grammar- Conditional Clauses | Q 2 k) | Page 125

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