Events that changed history

The 5th episode of the Harry Potter series, “ Order of the Phoenix” was out on 21 June 2003 and hit the headlines of the press worldwide.

What would have (n

ot) happened if

JK

Rowling had not w

ritten th

e first Harry

Potter b

ook?

Type IIIType III

IfIf… had (not) + pp …,,… would (not) have + pp … .

If JK Rowling had not had not writtenwritten the first Harry Potter book, she would have remained a little-known poor writer.

Type IIIType III

… would (not) have + pp … ifif… had (not) + pp … .

I would not have known JK

Rowling if she had not writtenhad not written

the first Harry Potter book.

What would have (not) happened if ……

• If Bell had not invented the telephone, ……• If Columbus had not discovered America,

……• …… if Dr Sun had failed in his revolution

against Qin dynasty. • If Japan had not been defeated in World

War II, ……• …… if the World Wide Web had not been

invented. • If Hong Kong had not been returned to

China, ……• …… if the United States had made friends

with Iraq.