Third Conditional

Third Conditional

By Vanessa Campo

GRAMMAR TIPS

​PRESENT PERFECT

Remember!

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had + past participle (if the verb is regular add -ED, if it's irregular use the third column)

e.g. I had phoned my mum / She had eaten a pizza​

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​WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

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e.g. I would have gone / she would have written​

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Multiple Choice

. If you __________________________ (listen) to the traffic report on the radio this morning, we _____________________________( not catch) up in this jam!.

• had listened/

  wouldn't have caught

• would have listened/hadn't caught

Multiple Choice

If Martha ______________________________(not look) out of the window at that moment, she _____________________________(not spot) the criminals.

• wouldn't have looked/hadn't spotted

• hadn't looked/wouldn't have spotted

Multiple Choice

.If I _________________________ (not miss) the end of the film, I _____________________________(know) who the murderer was.

• wouldn't have missed/had known

• hadn't missed/would have known

Multiple Choice

I ____________________________(phone) you yesterday

if I ____________________(not lose) your number.

• would have phoned/hadn't lost

• had phoned/wouldn't have lost

Multiple Choice

We ____________________________ (go) to the  cinema if we_________________________(not already see) the film.

• had gone/wouldn't have already seen

• would have gone/hadn't already seen

Multiple Choice

If I _______________________(not see) it with my own eyes, I______________________(not believe) it.

• hadn't seen/I wouldn't have believed

• wouldn't have seen/hadn't believed

Multiple Choice

If Eileen_____________________(not take) that job in that American company, she ____________________________(regret) it.

• wouldn't have taken/had regretted

• hadn't taken/would have regretted

Multiple Choice

If your sister_______________________ (be) with us, she ___________________________(not get ) herself lost.

• wouldn't have been/hadn't got

• hadn't been/would have got

Multiple Choice

Hector ___________________________(not meet) his wife if he____________________________________( go) to Tahiti.

• wouldn't have met/hadn't gone

• hadn't met/would have gone

Multiple Choice

John’s father ___________________________ (buy) him car if he_______________________________(pass) all the exams.

• would have bought/had passed

• had bought/would have passed

Multiple Choice

The burglar____________________________(break) into our house if one of my neighbours ________________________________(not tip) off the police which caught  him just in time.

• had broken/wouldn't have tipped

• would have broken/hadn't tipped

Multiple Choice

If Sam ________________________(not know) about  life any better, he_____________________________(be) a discontent person today.

• hadn't known/would have been

• wouldn't have known/had been

Multiple Choice

Melissa_______________________(have) some money now if she_________________________________(not spend) it all on clothes.

• would have had/hadn't spent

• had had/wouldn't have spent