Inverted conditionals

Inverted conditionals

1. First conditional

   • If he remembers his own name, we’ll be able to help him.
     • Should he remember his own name, we’ll be able to help him.

2. Second conditional

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

3. Third contional (had)

   • If we’d arrived sooner, we wouldn’t have missed the beginning.
     • Had we arrived sooner, we wouldn’t have missed the beginning.

4. Mixed conditionals

   • If the driver were faster, we would’ve arrived ages ago.
     • If the driver were faster, we would’ve arrived ages ago.

5. Negative

   • Add “not” after the subject.