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C1 TOEIC 785–900 IELTS 7.0–8.0 Clauses & Conditionals

Advanced Conditionals (Inversion, Supposing, Assuming)

Formal conditional inversion (Had I known…), and conjunctions: supposing, assuming, given that.

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C1 TOEIC 785–900 IELTS 7.0–8.0 Clauses & Conditionals

Participle Clauses (Sentence Shortening)

Reducing clauses with -ing, -ed, or having + past participle: Walking home, I saw an accident.

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C1 TOEIC 785–900 IELTS 7.0–8.0 Clauses & Conditionals

The Unreal Past (Beyond 'Wish' and 'If')

Expressing unreality with: it's time, I'd rather, as if/as though, would sooner, had better.

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C1 TOEIC 785–900 IELTS 7.0–8.0 Clauses & Conditionals

Free Relatives (whoever, whatever, wherever)

Clauses with whoever, whatever, whenever, wherever, however that act as noun or adverb phrases.

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C1 TOEIC 785–900 IELTS 7.0–8.0 Clauses & Conditionals

What-Clauses

Noun clauses with what as subject or complement: What surprised me was her reaction. What I need is help.

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C2 TOEIC 905–990 IELTS 8.5–9.0 Clauses & Conditionals

Complex Sentence Architecture (Embedded, Absolute, and Verbless Clauses)

C2-level clause structures: deeply embedded clauses, absolute constructions, verbless clauses in formal prose.

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