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Grammar videos: Third conditional – exercises
Watch the video on our website and read the
conversation between Sophie and Yuna. Then do
these exercises to check your understanding of the
third conditional.
1. Check your understanding: matching
Match the two sentence halves and write a –g next to the numbers 1 –7.
1….E . . I wouldn't have overslept a. if you'd asked.
2….C. . If she had gone to bed earlier, b. you wouldn't have been so stressed at the last minute.
3….A.. I could have lent you the money c. she wouldn't have been so tired.
4…G... They wouldn’t have found out d. if you had studied medicine.
5…D... You could have been a doctor e. if my alarm clock had gone off.
6…B... If you'd been more organised, f. they wouldn't have had so many problems.
7…F... If they’d taken my advice, g. if you hadn't told them.
2. Check your grammar: word 2 word
Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1. have told me. would if remembered I you’d
…If you will have remembered if you had told me ...................
2. would had have revised more, passed the exam. she If she
………… if she had revises More, she would have pas sed the exam .....
3. the train If we have hadn’t missed we would arrived on time.
……………… if we hadn't mis sed the train, we would have arrived on time.............................
4. If been there have met him. you’d could you
…………..……If you' d been there, you could have met him .............
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Grammar videos: Third conditional – exercises
5. I If could have I’d known helped.
………………If I' d known, i could have helped .......................................
6. if could have gone Wanted to. You you’d
………………… You could have gone you had wanted to .............................
3. Check your grammar: gap fill
Complete the sentences using the third conditional.
1. He didn't get the job. He couldn't buy a bigger flat.
= If he'd got the job, he could have bought a bigger flat.
2. You didn't say you were sorry. She left.
= She wouldn't have left if you had said you were sorry.
3. You didn't tell us earlier. We didn't do anything.
= We could have done something if you'd told us earlier.
4. You stopped quickly. We didn't crash.
= If you hadn't stopped quickly, We might’ve crashed.
5. You didn't listen to me. This happened.
= This never would have happened if you would listened to me.
6. You didn't apply for the job. You didn't get an interview.
= You might have got an interview if you'd applied for the job.
7. I went to the party. You persuaded me to go.
= I wouldn't have gone to the party if you hadn't pers uaded me to go.
8. I didn't know she was coming. I didn’t wait for her.
= I would have waited for her if I'd known she was coming.
Discussion
If you had been born a boy/girl, how would your life have been different?