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9A GRAMMAR BANK

third conditional
You wouldn't have lost your job
I f I’d known ab ou t the m eetin g , I would have gone. 5 3))) if you hadn't been late every day.
I f Jam es hadn’t gone to the tra in in g co u rse, he wouldn’t
have met h is w ife.
You wouldn’t have lost you r jo b if you hadn’t been late
every day.
Would you have gone to the p arty i f you’d known Lisa
w as there?

• W e usually use third co n d itio n al sen ten ces to talk about
how th in g s cou ld have been d ifferen t in the p ast, i.e., for
h y p oth etical / im ag in ary situ atio n s. C o m p are:
Yesterday I got up late and missed my train. (= the real situ ation )
If I hadn’t got up late yesterday, I wouldn’t have missed my train.
(= the h y p o th etical o r im ag in ary p ast situ ation )
• T o m ake a third con d itio n al, use if + p ast p erfe ct and would
have + p ast p articip le.
• T h e co n tra ctio n o f b o th had and would i s ’d.
• W e ca n u se might o r could in stead o f would to m ake the result
less certain .
If she'd studied harder, she might have passed the exam.

a M a tc h th e p h ra s e s .

B illy w o u ld n ’t have in ju re d h is head A i f y o u ’d g o n e to co lleg e?
1 I f I ’d d riv en an y fa ste r, B you w o u ld n ’t have b e e n so co ld .
2 Jo n m ig h t h a v e g o tte n th e jo b C i f I ’d ask ed you ?
3 S h e w ou ld have h u rt h e r s e lf bad ly D i f h e had w o rn h is h elm e t .
4 I f K a ty h a d n ’t g o n e to th e p arty , E sh e w o u ld n ’t have m e t h er n ew b o y frie n d .
5 W h a t w ou ld you have stu d ied F i f h e ’d b e e n o n tim e fo r h is in terv iew .
6 H ow w ou ld you have g o tte n to th e a irp o rt G i f th ey had co m e w ith us.
7 I f y o u ’d w o rn a w a rm e r co a t, H i f s h e ’d fa lle n d o w n th e sta irs .
8 Y o u r p a re n ts w ou ld have en jo y ed th e trip I I co u ld have g o tte n a sp e ed in g tick et.
9 W o u ld you h a v e h elp ed m e J i f th e tra in s h ad b e e n o n strik e ?

b C o v e r A - J . L o o k a t 1 - 9 an d tr y to r e m e m b e r th e en d o f th e s e n te n c e .

c C o m p le te th e th ir d c o n d itio n a l s e n te n c e s w ith th e c o r r e c t fo r m o f th e v e rb s.
I f T o m hadn’t gone to co lle g e , h e wouldn’t have met S a r a h , (n o t go, n o t m eet)
1 I f y o u ______________ m e to th e a ir p o r t, I ______________ m y flig h t, (n o t ta k e , m iss)
2 W e ______________th e g a m e i f th e r e fe r e e ______________ u s a p en alty , (n o t w in , n o t give)
3 Y o u _____________ th e w eek en d i f y o u ______________ w ith u s. (en joy, co m e)
4 I f I ______________th e th e a te r tic k e ts o n lin e , th e y ______________ m o re e x p e n siv e, (n o t buy, be)

5 M ik e ______________h is w ife ’s b irth d a y i f s h e ______________ h im . (fo rg e t, n o t rem in d )
6 I f th e p o lic e ______________fiv e m in u te s la ter, th e y ______________ th e th ie f, (a rriv e, n o t ca tch )
7 I f y o u ______________ m e th e m o n ey , I ______________ to g o aw ay fo r th e w eek en d , (n o t len d , n o t b e able)
8 Y o u _____________ y o u r s e lf i f y o u ______________ o f f th e h o rse , (h u rt, fall)
9 W e ______________th e h o te l i f w e ______________ th e sig n , (n o t fin d , n o t seen )
10 I f I _____________ a b o u t th e jo b , I ______________ fo r it. (k n ow , apply)

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