The third conditional talks about the past. We talk about a condition
in the past that did not happen. That is why there is no possibility for this
condition. The third conditional is also like a dream, but with no
possibility of the dream coming true.
Last week you bought a lottery ticket. But you did not win. :-(
If condition result
Past Perfect would
have + past participle
If I had won the
lottery, I would have bought a car.
Notice that we are thinking about an impossible past condition. You
did not win the lottery. So the condition was not true, and that particular
condition can never be true because it is finished.
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Complete the sentences (a-h) with the correct formo
f the verbs:
(a) I
wouldn’t have bought (not buy)
it if I had listened (listen)
to it first.
(b) I
____________(not finish) it so quickly if I _______(look up) every new word.
(c) If
I ____________ (know) she was going to be here, I _______________(not go).
(d) If
I ______________ (not hear) your voice, I _______________ (not recognize) you.
(e) I
the window _______________ (not open), I _______________ (not be able ) to get
in.
(f) If
we ______________ (book), we _______________ (not have to) wait.
(g) If
we __________ (go) by underground,we ______________ (miss) our flight.
(h) If
I __________________ (wash) it by hand, it ________________ (be) all right.
Match the situations (1-8) with the sentences (a-h).
(1) I
met my ex-wife at the party last night. It was awful.
(2) We
forgot to phone the resturant so we had to wait 20 minutes.
(3) I
bought the new Madona album, but I don’t lke it.
(4) I
washed my sweater in hot water and it has shrunk.
(5) I
did not use a dictionary so I managed to read the book quite quickly.
(6) You
look so different! I did not realize it was you until you spoke.
(7) We
took a taxi and we got to the airport just in time.
(8) I
had lost my keys but I climbed in through the open bathroom window.
ANSWERS:
THE THIRD CONDITIONAL
Complete the sentences (a-h) with the correct form of
the verbs:
(a) I
wouldn’t have bought (not buy)
it if I had listened (listen)
to it first.
(b) I
wouldn’t have finished (not
finish) it so quickly if I looked up
(look up) every new word.
(c) If
I had known (know) she was
going to be there, I wouldn’t have gone
(not go).
(d) If
I had not heard (not hear)
your voice, I wouldn’t have
recongnized (not recognize) you.
(e) I
the window had not been open
(not open), I would not have been able
(not be able ) to get in.
(f) If
we had not booked (book), we would not have had to (not have
to) wait.
(g) If
we had
gone (go) by underground,we wouldn’t
have missed (miss) our flight.
(h) If
I had washed (wash) it by
hand, it would have been (be)
all right.
Match the situations (1-8) with the sentences (a-h).
(1) (c)
I met my ex-wife at the party last night. It was awful.
(2) (f)
We forgot to phone the resturant so we had to wait 20 minutes.
(3) (a)
I bought the new Madona album, but I don’t lke it.
(4) (h)
I washed my sweater in hot water and it has shrunk.
(5) (b)
I did not use a dictionary so I managed to read the book quite quickly.
(6) (d)
You look so different! I did not realize it was you until you spoke.
(7) (g)
We took a taxi and we got to the airport just in time.
(8) (e)
I had lost my keys but I climbed in through the open bathroom window.
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