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INVERTED CONDITIONALS 1. Ieed Cda  F Cda (Sd) Let’s take a simple first conditional sentence:

If he remembers his on name, ell be able o help him.

To invert this:

1. Replace “if” with “should.” 2. Replace the verb with the bare infinitive. (e.g. “goes” →” go,” “has” → “have,” am/is/are → “be”)

Shold he remember his on name, ell be able o help him.

Easy, right?

2. Ieed Cda  Secd Cda (Wee)

OK. This one is fun but also a little more complex.

There are actually two uses of the inverted second conditional:

1. With verbs, to describe an unlikely future 2. With “be,” to describe an unreal present state

Let’s look at them one by one.

Ieed Secd Cda f Ue Fe Ee We can use the second conditional to talk about something in the future that probably isn’t going to happen.

You know, like how everyone said that Brexit wouldn’t happen. Or that Trump wouldn’t get elected President.

Of course, these things happened — but they seemed very unlikely to happen at the time.

That’s when we could’ve used this tense.

Here’s an example:

If he pshed he bon, ed all hae problems.

To invert this:

1. Replace “if” with “were.” 2. Change the verb to the infinitive form (with “to”).

Were he o psh he bon, ed all hae problems.

So back at the beginning of 2016, we could’ve said things like:

Were Brei o happen, Id be srprised.

or…

Were Trmp o ge eleced, ed all be srprised. Ver srprised.

It was a very surprising year.

Ieed Secd Cda f Uea Pee Sae

The last examples (Trump getting elected and Brexit happening) were solid events, with “proper” verbs.

Example? OK — here we go:

If I as ridiclosl rich, I hink Id sill ork.

To invert this:

1. Remove “if.” 2. Invert subject and verb. (“I was” → “was I”) 3. If necessary, change “was” to “were.”

Were I ridiclosl rich, I hink Id sill ork.

3. Ieed Cda  Td Cda (Had) Onward! To the example!

If ed arried sooner, e oldn hae missed he beginning.

To invert this:

1. Delete “if.” 2. Invert the subject and the auxiliary. (“we had” → “had we”)

Had e arried sooner, e oldn hae missed he beginning.

You might want to ask, “Can we invert mixed conditionals?”

The answer?

We’ll never know!

Just kidding. “Yes.” The answer is “yes.”

4. Ieed Cda  Med Cda If you want to use a mixed conditional sentence AND invert it (you maniac!), the process is really quite easy.

Here’s how to do it with this mixed conditional sentence:

If he drier ere faser, e olde arried ages ago.

Look at the first part of your mixed conditional:

If he drier ere faser, 

Invert it:

Were he drier faser, 

And that’s it — the second part doesn’t change.

It makes no difference whether you want to mix the second conditional with the third:

If he drier ere faser, e olde arried ages ago.



Were he drier faser, e olde arried ages ago.

Or the third with the second:

If ed go js one more signare, ed be on arge no.



Had e go js one more signare, ed be on arge no.

5. Ieed Cda  Neae Finally, let’s take a look at negative inverted conditionals.

There’s one simple rule here:

Add “not” after the subject.

First conditional:

Shold Baman come, ell escape!

Shold Baman no come, ere in big roble. B don orr, he alas comes.

Second conditional:

Were Tom a smar person, hed ines all his mone in Cobra Indsries.

Were Anna no a smar person, shed gie all her mone o Shad Nick.

Third conditional:

Had he old s abo he dolphin, e oldn hae come.

Had Anna no oed, he dolphin old hae on....