Grammar: Advanced Conditionals | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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If hackers got into the system, we'd lose everything. (GET)

Should hackers get into the system, we'd lose everything.

If he pushed the button, we’d all have problems. (PUSH)

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

He is not 18 so we cannot allow him join the Python club. (WERE)

Were he over 18, we would allow him to join the Python Club.

They were able to rescue the giraffe only because they arrived there in time. (NOT)

Had they not arrived in time, they wouldn't have been able to rescue the giraffe.

If we didn't give them shelter, they wouldn't survive the night. (PROVIDING)

They would survive the night providing (that) we gave them shelter./Providing (that) we gave them shelter, they would survive the night.

You would have lost your house if you hadn't kept your job. (BUT)

But for keeping your job, you would have lost your house./You would have lost your house but for keeping your job.

You won't graduate from university if you don't pass your exams. (LONG)

You’ll graduate from university as/so long as you pass your exams./As/So long as you pass your exams, you’ll graduate from university.

If we don't learn to solve problems, life will be difficult (UNLESS)

Unless we learn to solve problems, life will be difficult.

My job is very difficult because he's such a difficult person. (WERE)

Were he not such a difficult person, my job would be easier.

If she had a choice, she would have studied abroad. (GIVEN)

Given the choice, she would have studied abroad./She would have studied abroad given the choice.

If James doesn't remember, we'll have to start again. (NOT)

Should James not remember, we'll have to start again.

It was a very bad decision not to buy that property. We'd be rich now. (BOUGHT)

Had we bought that property, we'd be rich now. / We should have bought that property, we'd be rich now.

If you pulled off this miraculous performance, you would astound the audience. (WERE)

Were you to pull off this miraculous performance, you would astound the audience.

Could John be president if the scandal hadn't occurred? (SUPPOSING)

Supposing the scandal hadn’t occurred, could John be president?/Could John be president supposing the scandal hadn’t occurred?

We should have woken up earlier! I've missed the boat because of that. (HAD)

Had we woken up earlier, I wouldn't have missed the boat.