THIRD CONDITIONAL:

No possibility

With the third conditional we talk about

the past. We talk about a condition in

the past that did not happen. That is

why there is no possibility for this

condition. The third conditional is also

like a dream, but with no possibility of

the dream coming true.

IMPORTANT POINTS

• We can use other modal verbs in place of would. If they'd come earlier, they could have got a seat.

• Mixed conditional if + past perfect + would + bare infinitive Sometimes we want to say that the result of an action is now. If it hadn't rained, I would have gone to the beach. (In reality, it rained in the past, and I didn't go to the beach in the past) If it hadn't rained, I would be at the beach / would be sitting on the beach.

EXAMPLES

• If I had worked harder at school, I would have got better grades.

• If I had had time, I would have gone to see him. But I didn't have time.

• If we had bought that house, we would have had to rebuild the kitchen.

• If we had caught the earlier train, we would have got there on time but we were late.

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EXERCISES 1. He crashed his car, because he fell asleep while driving.

If he ______________asleep while driving, he ____________his car. 2. We couldn't go to the concert, because we didn't have enough money. If we _____________________ enough money, we ___________to the concert. 3. I lost my job because I was late for work. I ___________________ my job if I _______________late for work. 4. The wind was so strong that the bridge collapsed. If the wind ______________________so strong, the bridge ________________. 5. I couldn't call Sally because I had lost her number. I ___________ Sally if I _______________her number.