7850 third conditional grammar review for intermediate students

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3rd Conditional is used to talk about actions, and if they have happened, the
consequence would have been done. So, we use this conditional in order to talk about
unreal things that could have happened, and if they have happened the
consequence would have been done.
We form it: IF+ PAST PERFECT, would+ PRESENT PERFECT.
(had + V3)
(have + V3)
E.g. If I had seen you, I would have said hello.
A) Rewrite the sentences using 3rd
B) Match the 2 halves of the sentences.
Conditional.
Remember 3rd Conditional’s form.
- not met you/my life different.
If I hadn’t met you, my life would have been
1) If I hadn’t met my best friend,
different.
2) we wouldn’t have arrived late
3) they wouldn’t have seen that advert.
-not wake up early/not arrive.
4) If they had started 2 years before,
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5) If I had known that you were here,
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6) they would have won the match.

-live here/see that literature was...
7) If he had seen the sign,
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8) The police wouldn’t have given him
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a ticket.
-visit Seville/buy a souvenir.
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a)
b)
c)
d)

If we had got up early,
If they had turned on the TV,
I would have come sooner.
If they had better players,

-study English/not do this exercises.
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-arrive soon/ not miss it.
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e) they would have spoken better.
f) my life would have changed in many
ways.

g) he would have stopped the car.
h) If he hadn’t been talking on the
phone.

C. Now, rewrite sentences using the contexts. Use 3rd Conditional.
• Oh! It’s 12 o’clock and I will probably be late! I should get up early.
If I had got up earlier, I would have arrived on time.
• She’s my best friend, I will never forget what she has done for me.
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• He’s my boss! I haven’t said him hello because I haven’t seen him.
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• I should have studied German before, now it’s quite difficult.
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