I3 Part 3 L20 (draft)

We use the 3rd Conditional to...

• Talk about what didn't happen in the past

• Talk about what happened in the past

• Talk about how I wanted the present to be

Answer explanation

We make the third conditional by using the past perfect after 'if' and then 'would have':

if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

It talks about the past.

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

What does the 3rd Conditional represent? It's ...

• an usual consequence

• a hypothetical reality

• a different outcome of the past

Answer explanation

We make the third conditional by using the past perfect after 'if' and then 'would have':

if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

It talks about the past.

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

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE

What did she think?

• If I'd known you were coming, I would've baked you a cake!

• If I knew you were coming, I would bake you a cake!

• If I know you are coming, I will bake you a cake!

Answer explanation

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:

if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

(e.g. If she had studied, she would have passed the exam)

CHOOSE THE CORRECT SENTENCES:

• She would have become a teacher if she had gone to university

• She wouldn't be tired if she had gone to bed earlier

• If we had taken a taxi, we wouldn't have missed the plane

• If I didn't eat so much, I wouldn't feel sick all the time.

Answer explanation

We make the third conditional by:

if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

She wouldn't be tired if she had gone to bed earlier > She wouldn't have been tired if she had gone to bed earlier

If I didn't eat so much, I wouldn't feel sick all the time. > If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS

I ____ (travel) you if I ____ (not/bought) my phone.

• I would travel if I hadn't bought my phone.

• I would have traveled if I hadn't bought my phone.

• I would have traveled if I didn't buy my phone.

Answer explanation

I wasn't able to travel, because I bought my phone in the past. So, if this hadn't happened, I would have been able to travel.

You may check more information in your Language Practice file.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS

if I ____ (wait) one week, I ____ (buy) those boots on sale.

• If I waited one week, I would've bought those boots on sale.

• If I'd waited one week, I would've bought those boots on sale.

• If I'd waited one week, I would buy those boots on sale.

Answer explanation

We make the third conditional by using the past perfect after 'if' and then 'would have':

if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

If I had waited one week, I would've bought those boots on sale.

You may check more information in your Language Practice file.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS

If I ____ (not/plan) it one year before, I ____ (spend) much more than I did.

• If I didn't plan it one year before, I would've spent much more than I did.

• If I hadn't planned it one year before, I would've spent much more than I did.

• If I hadn't plan it one year before, I would spend much more than I did.

Answer explanation

We make the third conditional by using the past perfect after 'if' and then 'would have':

if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

If I hadn't planned it one year before, I would've spent much more than I did.

You may check more information in your Language Practice file.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE

I didn't go to the store. I thought it closes at 5pm. It closes at 6pm.

• If I had known the store closes at 6pm, I would've gone.

• If I knew the store would have closed at 6pm, I would've gone.

• I would've gone to the store if I know it had closed at 6pm.

Answer explanation

Because I didn't know it closes at 6 pm, I didn't go. Therefore, if I had known the store closes at 6pm, I would have gone there.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE

I walked home from the mall. My friend borrowed money to buy her lunch.

• I hadn't walked home from the mall if my friend didn't borrow money from me.

• I wouldn't have walked home from the mall if my friend hadn't borrowed money from me.

• I wouldn't had walked home from the mall if my friend hadn't borrowed money from me.

Answer explanation

Because my friend asked me to lend her money to buy lunch, I ended up without enough money to go home. Therefore, If my friend hadn't borrowed money from me, I wouldn't have walked home from the mall.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE

I took too many Ubers throughout the month. I couldn't buy my boyfriend a nice gift.

• I would had bought him a nice gift if I hadn't taken so many Ubers.

• I would have bought him a nice gift if I hadn't taken so many Ubers.

Answer explanation

I didn't buy him a gift, because I spent too much mone taking Ubers that month. So, If I hadn't taken so many Ubers, I would've been able to buy (I would've bought) him a nice gift.