Exercise 10: Use conversion to rewrite the sentences.

1. If I were in your place, I would make a trip to England.
® Were I in your place, I would make a trip to England.

2. If he hadn’t wasted too much time, he wouldn’t have failed in his examination last year.
® Had he not wasted too much time, he wouldn’t have failed in his examination last year.

3. If the car we saw yesterday had been larger, we would have bought it.
® Had the car we saw yesterday been larger, we would have bought it.

4. If I were you, I would save some of your lottery winning.
® Were I you, I would save some of your lottery winning.

5. If I had taken the English course you offered, I would have made much progress.
® Had I taken the English course you offered, I would have made much progress.

6. If my grandmother were five years younger, she would play games with us.
® Were my grandmother five years younger, she would play games with us.

7. If you had not been so busy lately, I would have shown you how to play bowling.
® Had you not been so busy lately, I would have shown you how to play bowling.

8. Look at those red curtains. Your room would look better if those curtains were blue.
® Look at those red curtains. Were those curtains blue, your room would look better.

9. If we had chosen to live in a town instead of a city in 2010, we would not have had that many health problems.
® Had we chosen to live in a town instead of a city in 2010, we would not have had that many health problems.

10. If I were thinner, I would look more attractive.
® Were I thinner, I would look more attractive.