SKILL 18 : INVERT

THE SUBJECT AND

VERB WITH
CONDITIONALS
Merliyani Putri Anggraini
Conditional Sentences / If-Clauses Type I, II
and III
Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses.
They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can
only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There
are three types of Conditional Sentences.

Type 1 Type 2 Type 3

 Conditional Sentences / If-Clauses Type I,
II and III
Conditional Sentence Type 1
→ It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.
E.g., If she sends me a message, I will reply the message.

Conditional Sentence Type 2

→ It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.
E.g., If she sent me a message, I would reply the message.

Conditional Sentence Type 3

→ It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.
E.g., If she had sent me a message, I would have replied the message.
 Invert The Subject and Verb with
Conditionals
In certain conditional structures, the subject and verb may also be inverted.
This can occur when the helping verb in the conditional clause is “had,
should, or were”, and the conditional connector IF is omitted.

If he had taken more time, the results would have been better.
Had he taken more time, the results would have been better.

I would help you if I were in a position to help.

I would help you were I in a position to help.

If you should arrive before 6:00, just give me a call.

Should you arrive before 6:00, just give me a call.
 Let’s take a look to the examples!
Has he enough vacation days left this year, he will take two full weeks off in December.
if he has enough vacation days left this year, he will take two full weeks off in
December.
She might be a little more successful today if she was a little more willing to do some
hard work. 
 She might be a little more successful today were she a little more willing to do some
hard work. 
 She might be a little more successful today if she were a little more willing to do
some hard work. 
Should you ever visit this town again, I will be delighted to show you around.
 Should you ever visit this town again, I would be delighted to show you around.
THANK YOU 