EF5/6 Adverb clauses, continued

adverb clauses
because
if
when
after
since
ever since
even if
whenever

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if only -dreaming
I would be happy if only I won the 6/49 lottery.

unless - opposite of 'if'
We will go to the beach today unless there is heavy rain.
We will go to the beach today if there is no rain.

Let's go see a movie if you want to.

Let's go see a movie unless you don't want to.

though (casual), even though, although

throughout - preposition (all the way through)

The baby cried throughout the whole flight.

Ronaldo was injured throughout the whole season.

I want to go to a movie even though I'm busy.

She talked to her friend even though her friend was rude to her.

John will pass the class even though he missed the final test.

Jane likes her job although it doesn't pay well.

as if

She spends money as if she were a millionaire.

People talk about the iphoneX as if it were the greatest thing in the world.

so that = ,so - the reason why, result
Joan is saving money so that she can go on a vacation to Italy next year.
You are taking EF5/6 so that you can improve your writing in English.

so...that
so ADJ that
The cat was so cute that I bought it.
It was so cold last night that I came down with the flu.
The math is so hard that everybody is struggling with it.

as...as
Sarah is as tall as her older sister (is). COMPLEX-ADV CL

She is older than me. SIMPLE
She is as old as I am. COMPLEX

She is not as old as I am.
Sarah is not as tall as her sister.