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Inverted conditionals

Example: If you learn a lot of English, you will be able to speak like a native one day. -> Should you learn a lot of English,...

➡️  Negative first conditional:

!!! 'not' after the subject !!!

Example: If you don't stop smoking, you will die one day from cancer. -> Should you not stop smoking,... (not shouldn't you stop smoking)

➡️  Second conditional (unlikely condition or hypothesis)

Example: If I sold my car, I would have to go to work by train every day. -> Were I to sell my car,...

Negative second conditional:

Example: If I didn't eat such good nutrition as I do, I would have to visit the doctor regularly. -> Were I not to eat such good nutrition,...

➡️ Third conditional (condition can't be fulfilled anymore because it has already happened another way) Modification: reformulation pour plus de clarté.

Example: If Rami had woken up earlier, he would have arrived in time at work. -> Had Rami woken up earlier,...

Negative third conditional:

Example: If Dennis had not broken his right leg, he would have been fit to assist his football team on Saturday's match. -> Had Dennis not broken his leg,...

➡️  It's possible to have the if-clause after the main clause, of course: Modification: ajout de l'italique pour clarifier qu'il s'agit de la proposition introduite par "if".

Example: You will get sick should you eat the food out of the trash cans.

Now it's your turn to form correct inverted conditional sentences in the following test! Good luck!

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1. If you need toothpaste, buy it in the supermarket. Need you if toothpasteShould you need toothpasteI don't know, buy it in the supermarket.

2. If you followed my instructions, you would see the roundabout right now. You were to follow my instructionsWere you to follow my instructionsI don't know, you would see the roundabout right now.

3. If you hadn't forgotten to put out the candle, our house would not have burnt down. Hadn't you forgotten to put out the candleHad you not forgotten to put out the candleI don't know, our house would not have burnt down.

4. If they don't do anything interesting, the girls won't gossip about them. Shouldn't they do anything interestingShould they not do anything interestingI don't know, the girls won't gossip about them.

5. If I didn't defend myself when attacked by the words of my boss, he would have a reason to lower my salary. Were I not to defend myselfWeren't I to defend myselfI don't know when attacked by the words of my boss,he would have a reason to lower my salary.

6. If I promised you to go with you, I would never cancel our meeting. Were I to promise you to go with youPromised I to go with youI don't know, I would never cancel our meeting.

7. If I hadn't developed these exceptional skills, I would not have been able to help this special customer. Hadn't I developed these exceptional skillsHad I not developed these exceptional skillsI don't know, I would not have been able to help this special customer.

8. Young lads would help their mother more if their parents were more strict. Young lads would help their mother more were their parents more strictmore strict their parents wereI don't know.

9. You will be able to imagine how beautiful the holidays in Italy are if I describe it to you. You will be able to imagine how beautiful the holidays in Italy are describe I it to you.should I describe it to youI don't know.

10. Tom would have broken the plate if he hadn't paid that much attention. Tom would have broken the plate hadn't he paid that much attentionhad he not paid that much attentionI don't know.