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The artefact didn't come from a place where such discoveries were expected. There was a lot of controversy involved. Had__________________________________

Had the artefact come from a place where such discoveries were expected, then there would have been far less controversy involved.

She forgot to feed the dog, that's why she has to go home. If____________________________

If she hadn't forgotten to feed the dog, she wouldn't have to go home now.

I ______ (not bought) you that book if I ______ (know) you had already read it.

I wouldn't have bought you that book if I had known you had already read it

You don't have a car so I didn't ask you to give me a lift. If____________________________

If you had a car, I would have asked you to give me a lift.

If the government had known about the pollution earlier, they could have saved many lives. Had________________________

Had the government known about the pollution earlier, they could have saved many lives.

If she _____(be) sensible, she _____(leave) her job last month.

If she was/ were sensible, she wouldn't have left her job last month.

If I _____(go) to university, I'm sure I _____(have) a better job now.

If I had gone to university, I would have a better job now.

Fix the mistake: If he would have married Laura, he wouldn't have been happy.

If he had married Laura, he wouldn't have been happy.

If hackers got into the system, we'd lose everything. Were_______________________

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

The Nampa figurine is not genuine. There were no other artefacts found with it. If_______________________________

If the Nampa figurine was/ were genuine, there’d have been other artefacts found with it.

I wasn't travelling in that car so I wasn't injured. If___________________________________

If I'd been travelling in that car, I'd have been injured.

I didn't work hard, so I didn't pass my exam. Had_______________________________

Had I worked harder, I would have passed my exam.

Alex rescued a woman with a child from a burning house; he is an incredibly brave man. Were________________________________

Were Alex not an incredibly brave man, he wouldn’t have rescued a woman with a child from a burning house.

He didn’t train every day. He won’t win the race. If__________________________________

If he had trained every day, he would win the race.

If we weren't so clever, we wouldn't have got the contract. Were_________________________

Were we not so clever, we wouldn't have got the contract.

If we'd bought that property, we'd be rich now. Had____________________________

Had we bought the property, we'd be rich now.

Helen speaks French fluently because she lived in Paris for eight years. If_______________________________________

If Helen hadn’t lived in Paris for eight years, she wouldn’t speak French fluently.

I didn’t book seats. We can’t go to the concert tonight. Had _____________________

Had I booked the seats, we could go to the concert tonight.

I didn't know him very well. I didn’t invite him to my party. Had___________________________

Had I known him better, I would have invited him to the party.

His sister is so extravagant; she spent most of her last money on clothes and expensive restaurants. If_________________________________________

If his sister wasn't/ weren’t so extravagant, she wouldn’t have spent most of her last money on clothes and expensive restaurants

Bill lost all his money on the stock exchange. That’s why he is in debt now. If_________________________________

If Bill hadn’t lost all his money on the stock exchange, he wouldn’t be in debt now

There is no generally accepted theory about Easter Island. That is why we are still fascinated. If________________________________________

If there were / was a generally accepted theory about Easter Island, we wouldn’t still be fascinated by it.

The Easter Islanders decimated the forests. They couldn’t continue to build timber houses or canoes. Had ________________________________________

Had the Easter Islanders not burned down all the trees they could have continued to build timber houses and canoes.

Climate change did not affect the Easter Islanders. There is no evidence of it. If______________________________________

If climate change had affected the Easter Islanders, there would be/would have been evidence for it.

Easter Island is very isolated. The Islanders were dependent solely on the natural resources of the island. If______________________________________

If Easter Island wasn’t/weren’t so isolated, the islanders wouldn’t have been dependent solely on the natural resources of the island.