Third Conditional Practice . Finish the sentence with the correct phrase.

If the rains had not lasted for so long,

• the streets would have flooded and many people would have lost their homes.

• the streets would not flood and many people would not lose their homes.

• the streets will flood and many people will lose their homes.

• the streets would not have flooded and many people would not have lost their homes.

If the tidal wave had not hit the city,

• all of the buildings were obliterated.

• all of the buildings would not have been obliterated.

• all of the buildings were obliterated.

• all of the buildings are obliterated.

............ then the town would not have been covered in deadly lava and ash.

• If the volcano had not suddenly erupted,

• If the volcano erupted,

• If the volcano doesn't erupt,

• If the volcano did not erupt,

....................., then the fires would not have started and then grown so large that they raged across three cities.

• If the girl had made the campfire in an area of dry brush,

• If the girl had not built the campfire in an area of dry brush,

• If the girl were not building a campfire in a nice place,

• If the girl built her campfire in an area of dry brush,

If fishermen had not disposed of their waste in the sea,

• then the sea lion would get tangled and die.

• then the sea lion will get tangled and die.

• then the sea lion would not have gotten tangled and died.

• then the sea lion gets tangled and dies.

....... then it would not have tipped over and the crew would not have been lost.

• If they had loaded more weight on the ship,

• If they had not loaded too much weight on the ship,

• If they had loaded more weight on the ship,

• If they would have loaded more weight on the ship,

If the factory had not dumped so much waste into the river,

• then all the fish will die of mercury poisoning.

• then all the fish would not die of mercury poisoning.

• then all the fish will not die of mercury poisoning.

• then all the fish would not have died of mercury poisoning.

You will mainly use third conditional for.....

• wishes about general things now.

• wishes about specific events in the past.

• wishes about the future.

• true events in the present.

..............., then the coral would not have died.

• If the seas had not overheated due to the warming of the climate

• If the seas had overheated due to the warming of the climate

• If the seas overheated due to the warming of the climate,

• If the seas didn't overheat due to the warming of the climate,

In 1937, a dust storm swept the US. If there had not been a drought that year and the fields had not been farmed so much,

• the dust had risen and covered the countryside.

• the dust would never have risen and covered the countryside.

• the dust would not rise and cover the countryside.

• the dust will rise and cover the countryside.