FCE Sentence Transformations: Conditional Structures

You will be asked 6 questions, one or two of which will be like the examples below.

First Conditional: You might get one question with these structures:

UNLESS IN CASE AS SOON AS AS LONG AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED

1. I will only love you if you buy me an elephant! NOT

I will _______________________________ you buy me an elephant.

2. I will marry you straight away if you buy me an elephant. AS

I will marry you _______________________________ buy me an elephant.

3. If you do not buy me an elephant, I will end this relationship. OTHERWISE

Buy me an elephant ________________________________ up with you.

Second conditional. You might get one question like this.

1. I really want to have an elephant. HAD

If __________ an elephant

2. Now that it’s here, I really don’t like feeding my elephant. WISH

Now that it’s here, I ______________________ to feed my elephant

3. My life is much more difficult because it is such a big animal. WERE

If _____________ , my life would be easier.

4. Please don’t buy an elephant YOU

I’d rather ________________ an elephant.

Third Conditional You might get one or two questions like this.

1. I really regret buying that elephant. WISH

I _____________________ bought that elephant.

2. My house was destroyed because I bought that stupid elephant. BEEN

My house ____________________ if I hadn’t bought that stupid elephant.

3. It would have been a better idea to buy a cat. SHOULD

I ___________________________ a cat

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