Advanced Conditions and Reservations
About this practice test
Practise C1 Use of English through constrained sentence rewrites. Build accuracy with advanced conditions and formal reservations.
What you’ll practice
Grammar and vocabulary
Choose forms and words that work together.
Meaning in context
Follow meaning across sentences and texts.
Accurate expression
Use natural phrases and sentence patterns.
What to expect:
10 questions with explanations to review after submission.
Study the questions and tasks
Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.
- Practice level
- C1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.
- Question formats
- Sentence transformation
How to approach this practice
Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.
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Question 1 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. If the figures were revised, we would reconsider. Were the figures ___, we would reconsider.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- to be revised
Were plus a passive to-infinitive makes the hypothetical condition formal.
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Question 2 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. Without the independent review, the flaw would have escaped notice. But ___, the flaw would have escaped notice.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- for the independent review
But for expresses the same counterfactual exception.
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Question 3 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. We will proceed only if written approval is obtained. We will not proceed ___ obtained.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- unless written approval is
Only if establishes the necessary condition, restated with unless.
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Question 4 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. We can accept the terms provided they are reviewed annually. We can accept the terms on ___ reviewed annually.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- condition that they are / the condition that they are / condition that they're / the condition that they're
On condition that introduces the same requirement.
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Question 5 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. Even if demand falls, the service will remain. The service will remain ___ demand falls.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- whether or not
Whether or not preserves the result irrespective of the condition.
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Question 6 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. If you should need further information, contact us. Should ___, contact us.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- you need further information
Inverted should introduces the same tentative future condition.
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Question 7 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. I would have objected if I had known the full cost. Had ___, I would have objected.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- I known the full cost
Inverted had introduces the same past counterfactual.
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Question 8 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. Approval depends on the final inspection being satisfactory. Approval is conditional ___ satisfactory.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- on the final inspection being / upon the final inspection being
Conditional on restates the dependency.
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Question 9 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. We cannot recommend adoption without more evidence. More evidence is necessary ___ adoption.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- before we can recommend / for us to recommend
Both forms preserve the prerequisite for a recommendation.
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Question 10 · Sentence transformation
Rewrite or complete the second sentence as instructed, keeping the same meaning unless the task asks you to change it.
Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first. Use the given word unchanged. The decision stands unless new evidence emerges. In the absence ___, the decision stands.
Check answers and explanations
- Accepted answers
- of new evidence
Absence of the exception preserves the unless condition.
What to review next
Explain why each answer fits the meaning and structure. Record useful phrases and write a new example using each pattern you found difficult.
A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.