3rd Conditional

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Sometimes, we like to imagine how changes could have brought different outcomes to a situation, like:

• Se eu tivesse estudado para a prova, eu teria passado.

If I had studied for the test, I would have passed!!

• Se o Neymar tivesse jogado, o Brasil não teria perdido.

If Neymar had played, Brazil wouldn’t have lost.

The third conditional describes the result of something that might have happened but didn't (in the past) and imagines the result of this situation.

There are 4 different types of conditional sentences

Each expresses a different degree of probability that a situation will occur or would have occurred under certain circumstances.

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Zero conditional sentences

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First conditional sentences

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Second conditional sentences

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Third conditional sentences

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Third conditional sentences are used to explain that present circumstances would be different if something different had happened in the past.

If you had told me you needed a ride, I would have left earlier. ( I was capable of leaving early but did not)

If I had cleaned the house, I could have gone to the movies. (I was capable of cleaning the house but did not)

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It talks about the past. It's used to describe a situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the result of this situation.

We make the third conditional by using the past perfect after 'if' and then 'would have' and the past participle in the second part of the sentence:

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SOMETIMES WE CAN INVERT THE ORDER OF THE CLAUSE

If he had studied, he would have passed the exam (but, really we know he didn't study and so he didn't pass)
If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick (but I did eat a lot, and so I did feel sick).
If we had taken a taxi, we wouldn't have missed the plane

They wouldn't have been tired if they had gone to bed earlier
She would have become a teacher if she had gone to university
We would have been on time for the interview if we had left the house at nine

Third Conditional Exercise 1

English grammar exercise about the third conditional

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Third conditional – past unreal situations - Test-English

Third conditional – past unreal situations. If I had done ... I would have. Imagined situations in the past. English intermediate grammar exercises.

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Third conditional – past unreal situations - Test-English

Grammar Exercise | Third Conditional

Advanced Grammar Exercise. Improve your English grammar with this exercise. Third Conditional Exercise.

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