Exercise 2. Rewrite each conditional sentence, using inversion
1. If you need more money, go to the bank before six o’clock.
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2. If I were you, I wouldn’t do that.
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3. If they had realized the hazard, they would have done it differently.
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4. If I were your teacher, I would insist you do better work.
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5. If you should change your mind, please let me know immediately.
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6. She would have got the job if she had been better-prepared.
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7. Your boss sounds like a real tyrant. If I were you, I would look for another job.
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8. If you need to reach me, I’ll be at the Hilton Hotel in Seoul.
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9. I wouldn’t have known about your new job if I hadn’t talked to your mother.
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10. If she were ever in trouble, I’d do anything I could to help her.
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11. If you see Peter, tell him he should be here at 8.00
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12. If he hadn’t missed that easy chance, we could have won the game.
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Exercise 2. Rewrite each conditional sentence, using inversion
1. If you need more money, go to the bank before six o’clock.
Should you need more money, go to the bank before six o’clock.
2. If I were you, I wouldn’t do that.
Were I you, I wouldn’t do that.
3. If they had realized the hazard, they would have done it differently.
Had they realized the hazard, they would have done it differently.
4. If I were your teacher, I would insist you do better work.
Were I your teacher, I would insist you do better work.
5. If you should change your mind, please let me know immediately.
Should you change your mind, please let me know immediately.
6. She would have got the job if she had been better-prepared.
Would she have gotten the job if she had been better-prepared.
7. Your boss sounds like a real tyrant. If I were you, I would look for another job.
Were I you, I would look for another job.
8. If you need to reach me, I’ll be at the Hilton Hotel in Seoul.
Should you need to reach me, I’ll be at the Hilton Hotel in Seoul.
9. I wouldn’t have known about your new job if I hadn’t talked to your mother.
Wouldn't I have known about your new job if I hadn’t talked to your mother.
10. If she were ever in trouble, I’d do anything I could to help her.
Was she ever in trouble, I’d do anything I could to help her.
11. If you see Peter, tell him he should be here at 8.00
Should you see Peter, tell him he should be here at 8.00
12. If he hadn’t missed that easy chance, we could have won the game.
Hadn't he missed that easy chance, we could have won the game.
