MAKE THIS SENTENCE A CONDITIONAL: We were so badly affected by the drought, so we can’t get more local fruit and vegetables.
We would be able to get more local fruit and vegetables if we hadn't been so badly affected by the drought.
MAKE THIS SENTENCE A CONDITIONAL: We are afraid of diving, so I didn’t want to visit the underwater museum.
If I weren't afraid of diving, I would have loved / wanted to visit the underwater museum.
MAKE THIS SENTENCE A CONDITIONAL: I don’t speak any Spanish, so I didn’t understand what other people on the tour were saying.
I would have understood what other people on the tour were saying if I spoke Spanish.
USE INVERSION: Rainforests are beautiful places and are also important to the planet’s health. (not only)
Not only are rainforests beautiful places, they are also important to the planet's health.
USE INVERSION: People don’t really realize that the Amazon rainforest reaches eight South American countries. (little)
Little do people realize that the Amazon rainforest reaches eight South American countries.
USE INVERSION: If we continued to cut down trees and pollute the rivers, the Amazon’s future will remain in danger. (only if)
Only if we conserve and protect the Amazon, will these plants and animals have a home.
USE INVERSION: We have never been treated this way before. (never before)
Never before have we been treated this way.
USE INVERSION: After the parents had sat down to dinner, their baby started crying again immediately. (no sooner/than)
No sooner had the parents sat down to dinner than their baby started crying again.
