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If I hadn’t lost my phone, I would have called you.

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Sentence

Narrator

If I hadn’t lost my phone, I would have called you.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

If you hadn't lost your phone, you could have called for help.

Describing Habits

I always keep my phone charged, so I would have been able to call you if I hadn't lost it.

Asking About Others

If you hadn't lost your phone, would you have called me?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If I hadn't lost my phone, I would have called you immediately.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Had I not misplaced my phone, I would have contacted you.

Casual

If my phone hadn't gone missing, I would've given you a call.

Simpler English

I would have called if I hadn't lost my phone.

Phrases to learn

If I hadn't...

Expressing a hypothetical situation based on a past event that did not occur.

would have called

Expressing a hypothetical action in the past.