Omitting "IF" in IF-Clauses

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IF-CLAUSE Notice that the word order is normal. (subject + verb)		OMITTED IF Notice that the word order is inverted. (verb + subject)
If you should need any help, please call me.	-»	Should you need any help, please call me.
If I were you, I would tell him about the problem.	-»	Were I you, I would tell him about the problem.
If I had known you were coming, I'd have baked a cake.	-»	Had I known you were coming, I'd have baked a cake.

Directions: Rewrite the sentence without IF.
Remember to change the word order, and don't forget the comma!

1. If my supervisor should call, please let me know right away.
please let me know right away.

2. If you should get another traffic ticket, your insurance rate will increase.
your insurance rate will increase.

3. If I were rich, I could travel all over the world.
I could travel all over the world.

4. If I were you, I wouldn't do that.
I wouldn't do that.

5. If you had come home earlier, you could have eaten dinner with us.
you could have eaten dinner with us.

6. If Han-Lu had studied for the test, he would have passed.
he would have passed.

7. If he were my teacher, I would quit school!
I would quit school!

8. If we should get caught telling a lie, our parents would punish us.
our parents would punish us.

9. If the weather had been sunny, we would have gone to the beach.
we would have gone to the beach.

10. If I had bought a lottery ticket, I might have won the lottery.
I might have won the lottery.