Conditional inversion without 'if' places 'were' at the beginning: 'Were I in your shoes...'
La inversión condicional sin 'if' coloca 'were' al principio: 'Were I in your shoes...'.
Task | Choose the sentence with the right word order |
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Answer | 3 |
a | I would tell him everything, were in your shoes I. |
b | I were in your shoes, I would tell him everything. |
c | Were I in your shoes, I would tell him everything. |
d | I would tell him everything, I were in your shoes. |
comment | When we invert the conditional sentence and omit 'if' we place 'should, were, had' in the first place: [should / were / had + subject + object] + [result clause] |
topic | word order |
level | 2 |
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