Inverted conditionals

Inverted conditionals

A reminder of Conditionals

1st Conditional (A possible condition and its probable result): If it rains, I will take an umbrella. 2nd Conditional (A hypothetical condition and its probable result): If I won a million dollars, I would buy a sports car. 3rd Conditional ( An unreal past condition and its probable result in the past): If I had studied, I would have passed.

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Inverted conditionals is used for academic purposes, it is used to make sentences more formal. Example: Had I known you before I could have told it to you.

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When to use inverted conditionals?

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Inverted conditionals

1. Were John here I could have talked to him.
2. Should I have come here before I could have completed the task.
3. Had Rick performed better he could have won the contest.
4. Were you here you could have enjoyed the program.

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1st conditional

Inverted conditioanl

Replace “if” with “should.” replace the verb with the bare infinitive. (e.g. “goes” →” go,” “has” → “have,” am/is/are → “be”) IF he remembers his own name, we’ll be able to help him.

Should he remember his own name, we’ll be able to help him.

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2nd conditioal

Inverted conditional

Were he to push the button, we’d all have problems.

Replace “if” with “were.” Change the verb to the infinitive form (with “to”). Example: If he pushed the button, we’d all have problems.

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inverted conditional

3rd conditional

Delete “if.” Invert the subject and the auxiliary. (“we had” → “had we”) Example: If we had arrived sooner, we wouldn't have missed the beginning.

Had we arrived sooner, we wouldn’t have missed the beginning.

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