Cover of Focus 5 (2nd edition) - Student's Book

Answer — Exercise 4

7.3 - Grammar·Focus 5 (2nd edition) - Student's Book

Question

Read the GRAMMAR FOCUS and find an example sentence in Exercise 3 for each point below.

Answer

  • You can use other words besides if, e.g. on condition that, as long as, providing / provided that, unless, etc. 3e, 4a
  • If you use inversion in past conditionals and those with should and were to, you can omit if. 2b, 6c
  • You can sometimes replace past conditionals with but for. 5f
  • You use whether ... or not / whether or not ... (NOT if) to express alternative conditions. 1d

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