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Complete the stressed head chef's realization.
_________________________ the VIP reservation list this morning, I ________________________________ in the kitchen right now!
The correct answers are Had I checked and wouldn't be panicking.
This sentence features a formal inversion in a mixed conditional.
"Had I checked" is an elegant way of saying "If I had checked" (unreal past condition).
Because the consequence is happening "right now," we use the present continuous conditional (wouldn't be panicking) rather than the past conditional (wouldn't have panicked).