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3rd Conditional

The third conditional is used to talk about impossible or unlikely past situations. It uses the past perfect tense to talk about the conditional clause (e.g. "If I had won the lottery") and "would have" plus the past participle to talk about the result (e.g. "I would have bought a car"). Some example sentences are provided to illustrate the third conditional structure. The summary emphasizes that both the conditional clause and result refer to impossible past situations or dreams that could not come true.

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3rd Conditional

The third conditional is used to talk about impossible or unlikely past situations. It uses the past perfect tense to talk about the conditional clause (e.g. "If I had won the lottery") and "would have" plus the past participle to talk about the result (e.g. "I would have bought a car"). Some example sentences are provided to illustrate the third conditional structure. The summary emphasizes that both the conditional clause and result refer to impossible past situations or dreams that could not come true.

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conditional_4.htm

Third Conditional
for no possibility

If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a car.

The first conditional and second conditionals talk about the


future. With thethird conditional we talk 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 possibilityof the
dream coming true.

Last week you bought a lottery ticket. But you did not win. :-(

i
f 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. We use the Past Perfect tense to talk
about the impossible past condition. We use would have +
past participle to talk about the impossible past result. The
important thing about the third conditional is that both the
condition and result are impossible now.

Look at these example senteces:


i
f condition result

would have + past


Past Perfect participle

If I had seen Mary, I would have told her.

If Tara had been free I would have invited her.


yesterday,

If they had not passed their their teacher would have been
exam, sad.

If it had rained yesterday, would you have stayed at


home?

If it had rained yesterday, what would you have done?

result if condition

would have + past


participle Past Perfect

I would have told Mary if I had seen her.

I would have invited Tara if she had been free yesterday.

Their teacher would have if they had not passed their


been sad exam.
result if condition

would have + past


participle Past Perfect

Would you have stayed at if it had rained yesterday?


home

What would you have done if it had rained yesterday?

Sometimes, we use should have, could have, might


have instead ofwould have, for example: If you had bought
a lottery ticket, you might have won.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/StudyZone/410/grammar/3cond.htm

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/con31.htm

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html

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