CONDITIONALS: I / not have to / fix your computer all the time if you / buy / an anti-virus programme
I wouldn't have to fix your computer all the time if you had bought an anti-virus programme.
CONDITIONALS: If you ______ (READ) this book, you'd really like it.
READ
CONDITIONALS: If Jack had found out about the party, he _________ (BE) here now.
WOULD HERE
INVERSIONS correct the sentence: Nowhere we could see Kelly.
Nowhere could we see Kelly.
CONDITIONALS: I would have slept much better last night if you _______ (tell) me that horror story.
HADN'T TOLD
CONDITIONALS: Harry didn't bring any water on the walk. He's really thirsty now. (IF)
If Harry had brought water on the walk, he wouldn't be thirsty now.
INVERSIONS: Never / I / witness _ such a terrible sight as those poor, hungry people.
Never had I witnessed
INVERSIONS: little / we / know _ how meeting Jess would change our lives on the day when she appeared at our door.
Little did we know
INVERSIONS write the second sentence so the sentences have the same meaning: As soon as Ben arrived, he started an argument. NO SOONER _______________.
had Ben arrived than he started an argument.
CONDITIONALS: If Toby / apologise / for what he said, I / not be? so angry with him.
If Toby had apologised for what he said, I wouldn't be so angry with him.
INVERSIONS correct the sentence: No sooner we saw Jake's face than we realised that something was wrong.
No sooner did we see Jake's face than...
INVERSIONS correct the sentence: Not for one second we didn't believe Sue was guilty.
Not for one second did we believe Sue was guilty.
INVERSIONS write the second sentence so the sentences have the same meaning: Maddy let met stay in her flat, and she let me use her car. NOT ONLY ______
did Maddy let me stay in her flat, but she also let me use her car.
INVERSIONS: In no way / should / you _ feel responsible - it wasn't your fault.
In no way should you
CONDITIONALS: we / have / an easier time in Paris last month if we / speak / French
We would have had an easier time in Paris last month if we spoke French.
INVERSIONS write the second sentence so the sentences have the same meaning: We only stopped working when it was too dark to see. NOT UNTIL
Not until it was too dark to see did we stop working.
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