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Exercise 18. Rewrite these sentences as in the examples. Model:
1. If you should need my help again, just give me a ring, =
Should you need my help again, just give me a ring.
2. Were the Government to go back on this election pledge, there would be a revolt among back-benchers. =
If the Government were to go back on this election pledge, there would be a revolt among back-benchers.
3. Had I known you were ill, I would have visited you. =
If I had known you were ill, I would have visited you.
1. If you should need to consult me again, you can contact me at this number.
Should you need to consult me again, you can contact me at this number.
2. The hospital can switch to an emergency generator if the need should arise.
The hospital can switch to an emergency generator, should the need arise.
3. If you should be late once again, you'll lose your job.
Should you be late once again, you'll lose your job.
4. If it were not for the fact that his father is on the board of directors, he would never have got the job.
5. If such a merger were ever to be proposed, it would undoubtely be referred to the Monopolies Commission.
Were such a merger ever to be proposed, it would undoubtely be referred to the Monopolies Commission.
6. If it were not for the expense involved, I would go there by air.
7. If it hadn't been for your laziness, you could have finished the work by now.
Hadn't it been for your laziness, you could have finished the work by now.
8. If he had taken a little more time to think, he might have acted more sensibly.
Had he taken a little more time to think, he might have acted more sensibly.
9. If the attempted assassination had succeeded, there would almost certainly have been civil and political chaos.
Had the attempted assassination succeeded, there would almost certainly have been civil and political chaos.
10. If the driver of the train hadn't reacted so quickly, the accident would have been much worse.
Hadn't the driver of the train reacted so quickly, the accident would have been much worse.