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The Third Conditional PDF
The Third Conditional PDF
The use:
*Remember: All the conditional sentences have the hypothetical condition (if+
….) and the hypothetical result.
Other examples:
If she had studied, she would have passed the exam (Reality: she didn't study
and so she didn't pass)
If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick (Reality: I ate so much and
I felt sick).
If we had taken a taxi, we wouldn't have missed the plane ( Reality: We didn’t
take a taxi so we missed the plane)
he wouldn't have been tired if she had gone to bed earlier ( Reality: He was
tired because he didn’t go to bed earlier)
She would have become a teacher if she had gone to university (Reality: She
didn’t become a teacher because she didn’t go to the university)
He would have been on time for the interview if he had left the house at nine.
(Reality: He wasn’t on time for the interview because he didn’t leave the house at
nine)