1. A. CUETO 2020
IF CLAUSE +
If + subject + past perfect +
"IF YOU HAD DONE IT …
Examples
For each question, read the situation and choose the best sentence using the third conditional.
THIRD CONDITIONAL EXERCISE
1. I wasn't thirsty. I didn't drink the lemonade.
If I was thirsty, I would drink the lemonade
If I had been thirsty, I would've drunk the lemonade
If I would have been thirsty, I drank the lemonade
I wouldn't had walked if my friend hadn't been too drunk to drive
5. I didn't go to the store. I thought it closed at 5pm. It closed at 6pm.
4. I walked home from the disco. My friend was too drunk to drive.
I hadn't walked home if my friend wasn't too drunk to drive
If I would have known this documentary was important, I had watched it
If I had known this documentary was important, I would've watched it
I wouldn't have walked home if my friend hadn't been too drunk to drive
If I had known the store had closed at 6pm, I would've gone
3. I didn't know watching this documentary was important for our exam. I didn't watch it.
If I knew this documentary was important, I had watched it
If I knew the store would have closed at 6pm, I would've gone
I would've gone to the store if I know it had closed at 6pm
2. I didn't know Kirsty was in town. I didn't call her.
If I had known Kirsty was in town, I would have called her
I had called Kirsty if I had know she was in town
I would had called Kirsty if I have known she was in town
3RD CONDITIONAL EXPRESSES REGRETS ABOUT THE PAST
"I would have been happy if you had called me on my birthday." (But you didn't call me and I am not happy.)
"If I had known you were coming I would have baked a cake." (But I didn't know and I didn't bake a cake.)
"If I had worked harder I would have passed the exam." (But I didn't work hard, and I didn't pass the exam.)
RESULT (MAIN) CLAUSE
Subject + would + present perfect
YOU WOULD HAVE PASSED IT."
The type 3 conditional refers to an impossible condition in the past and its probable result in the past. These sentences are truly
hypothetical and unreal, because it is now too late for the condition or its result to exist. There is always some implication of regret
with type 3 conditional sentences. The reality is the opposite of, or contrary to, what the sentence expresses. In type 3 conditional
sentences, the time is the past and the situation is hypothetical.
