This document explains the 3rd conditional, which is used to talk about hypothetical situations in the past. It begins by reviewing the 1st and 2nd conditionals. It then shows how to form the 3rd conditional using "if + past perfect, would have + past participle". Examples are provided like "If I had been alive 2000 years ago, I would have been a Roman". The document concludes with exercises transforming sentences into the 3rd conditional form.

2. Going BACK in TIME to the PAST
What would you have
done differently?
The 3rd Conditional

3. 1st Conditional
If + PRESENT, + FUTURE
2nd Conditional
If + PAST , + WOULD + Verb
If It is Sunny, I will go to the beach.
If It was sunny, I would go to the beach
When?
·today
·tomorrow
·next week
·on my next
holiday
With the 1st and 2nd conditionals we are
imagining a time in the present or future
but what if we want to imagine changes in
the past?
How do we make make the 1st and 2nd
conditionals?

5. ·yesterday
·last week
·last year
·when I
was a child
If I ___ ____ alive
2000 years ago,
I _____ ____ ____ a
Roman
Fill in the gaps to make the 3rd conditional
3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , + WOULD HAVE + PARTICIPLE
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6. ·yesterday
·last week
·last year
·when I
was a child
If I had been alive
2000 years ago,
I would have been a
Roman
3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , + WOULD HAVE + PARTICIPLE
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7. ·yesterday
·last week
·last year
·when I
was a child
If / thief / run faster /
police / not catch / him
Make a sentence in the 3rd conditional
3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , + WOULD HAVE + PARTICIPLE
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8. ·yesterday
·last week
·last year
·when I
was a child
If the thief had run faster, the police
wouldn't have caught him.
If / thief / run faster /
police / not catch / him
3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , + WOULD HAVE + PARTICIPLE

9. Going BACK in TIME to the PAST
Practise
Sentence transformation
Make sentences for the
pictures in the 3rd
conditional
The 3rd Conditional

10. The Titanic hit an iceberg and
sank.

11. If the Titanic hadn’t hit an
iceberg, it wouldn’t have sunk.

12. He stayed in the sun too long
yesterday and got sunburnt

13. If he hadn’t stayed in the sun
too long yesterday, he
wouldn’t have got sunburnt.

14. He arrived late and missed the
train.

15. If he hadn’t arrived late, he
wouldn’t have missed the
train.

16. She forgot her umbrella and
got wet.

17. If she hadn’t forgotten her
umbrella, she wouldn’t have
got wet

18. She drank so much coffee
yesterday, she wasn’t able to
sleep last night.

19. If she hadn’t drunk so much
coffee yesterday, she would
have been able to sleep last
night.

20. Bart didn’t do his homework
so he had to stay late in
school yesterday.

21. If Bart had done the homework,
he wouldn’t have had to stay
late in school yesterday.

22. He bought a lottery ticket and
won 1000.000$.

23. If he hadn’t bought a lottery
ticket, he wouldn’t have won
1000.000$.
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