Third conditional -Unit: 7

Conditional Sentences Type III?

When do we use...

Ex.: - If Sue had stayed in the city, she would have found a new job.- I wouldn't have fallen over if I had taken skiing lessons.

If + past perfect, ...would have + past participle

The third conditional uses past perfect tense after IF, then WOULD HAVE and the PAST PARTICIPLE form of the verb.

Third Conditional Structure

Ex.: - If Sue had stayed in the city, she would have found a new job.- I wouldn't have fallen over if I had taken skiing lessons.

If + past perfect, ...would have + past participle

The third conditional uses past perfect tense after IF, then WOULD HAVE and the PAST PARTICIPLE form of the verb.

Third Conditional Structure

Ex.: - If Sue had stayed in the city, she would have found a new job.- I wouldn't have fallen over if I had taken skiing lessons.

We use the If + past perfect clause for the imaginary past situation (condition), and we use the would/wouldn't have + past participle verb, to talk about the imaginary past consequence (result).

we want to talk about imaginary past situations that didn't happen. We use it to say how things could have been different in the past.

We use it when ...

• Would/wouldn't/could/couldn't are the same for all persons.
• Contractions: 'd=would / wouldn't=would not /´d = had
• The If clause can come first or second. If the If clause comes first, we usually put a comma before the next clause.

REMEBER!

Now, let's go back to the platform and start practising!