This document provides examples and explanations for using the third conditional to talk about hypothetical or imagined situations in the past. It begins by explaining that the third conditional refers to imagining something different in the past using "if" plus "had" plus the past participle form of the verb. It then provides 16 examples of third conditional sentences and explains how to form third conditional sentences using "if", "had", and "would have" plus the past participle verb form. The document aims to help the reader better understand how to use the third conditional.

3. • This conditional refers to a situation that is always true.
Example:
• If I work too much, I get tired.
• If they come here, they always bring a present.

4. • It is used when a situation is real or possible.
Is formed with if + simple present + simple future.
Example:
• If it rains today, I'll stay at home.
• If I have time, I'll visit my parents this
afternoon.

5. • It refers to a hypothetical situation. Is formed with
if + simple past + simple conditional.
Example:
• If we lived in Mexico, I would speak Spanish.
• If you were in my position, you'd understand.

7. When do we use the 3rd conditional?
Yesterday
When we want to
imagine doing or
changing something
in the past
·yesterday
3rd Conditional ·last week
·last year
·when I was a child

8. How do we make the 3rd conditional?
If... + HAD + PARTICIPLE( Verb3) + WOULD have + PARTICIPLE(Verb3)
COULD
MIGHT
I I
you been
,
You been
he would have come
If He
She
had come
found
she could found
hadn't it might done
It done
We we seen
seen
They they

9. If I had been alive 2000 years ago,
I would have been a Roman

10. If / thief / run faster /
police / not catch / him
If the thief had run faster, the police
wouldn't have caught him.

11. If / Titanic / miss/ Iceberg /
It / not sink
If the Titanic had missed the
iceberg, it wouldn't have sunk.

12. would have bought
1 If you had passed your exams, I ____________________ ( buy ) you a car.
would have learned
2 If he had studied, he______________________ ( learn ) English well.
had come
3 You would have sold the house if you _______________(come)
had been
4 If I __________ ( to be ) you, I would have bought that palace.
Would have visited
5 They _________________ ( visit ) us if we had been at home.
would have increased
6 If I had been a prime minister I _____________________(increase) income tax.
had won would have been
7 If he ___________(win ) this tennis match he __________________ (to be) a
champion.
had come
8 You would have seen the artist if you _____________( come ) early.

13. had known
9) If I…………… ..(know), I would have helped.
had studied would have passed
10) If she ……………….(study) she …………. ………….(pass) the exam.
had arrived would have seen
11) If we……..……… (arrive) earlier, we…………………… (see) John.
had gone wouldn't have woken
12 ) If they………... (go) to bed early, they …………… ……….(not/wake)
up late.
had become would have recorded
13)If he………..…. (become) a musician, he…..….……….…… (record)
a CD
had gone would have studied
14) If she………… (go) to university, she……………... ……(study) French
wouldn't have met
hadn't gone
15) If we………. …. (not/go) to the party, we……......……… ….(not/meet)
them.
would have been had stayed
16) He………………….. (be) happier if he …………... (stay) at home

14. Do you understand THIRD
CONDITIONAL better NOW than you
did BEFORE ?
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