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Student’s Book Grammar Summary page 153

9 If you …………………………… (tell) me earlier, I

Third conditional: if + past perfect,
would / wouldn’t have + past participle …………………………… (come) with you.
10 If she …………………………… (get) the job, she
a Match the two halves of the sentences.
…………………………… (phone) us last night to tell
EXAMPLE
us.
If you’d seen him, would you have said hello?
1 If you’d seen him, they wouldn’t have broken c Rewrite the sentences using the third
down. conditional.
2 If I’d tried harder, they wouldn’t have got EXAMPLE
married. He missed the bus, so he got to work late.
3 If they hadn’t met I wouldn’t have found out If he hadn’t missed the bus, he wouldn’t have got to work
that day, the truth. late.
4 If I’d known he I would have passed the 1 Jim read Mary’s diary so he knew how she felt.
would be there, exam. If Jim …………………………………………………………… .
5 If she hadn’t told me, would you have bought it? ………………………………………………………………………
6 If you’d had the would you have said hello? 2 I lost my job so I didn’t go on holiday.
money,
If I ……………………………………………………………… .
7 If they had checked I wouldn’t have gone.
………………………………………………………………………
the car before they left,
3 He argued with his boss so he was sacked.
b Complete the sentences using the third He wouldn’t ………………………………………………… .
conditional. ………………………………………………………………………
EXAMPLE
4 They got up late so they missed their flight.
Would you have spoken (speak) to her if you’d seen
(see) her? If they ………………………………………………………… .
1 If they …………………………… (have) enough time, ………………………………………………………………………

they …………………………… (come) to see us 5 I didn’t know you were ill so I didn’t come and see
you.
yesterday.
I would ………………………………………………………… .
2 I …………………………… (feel) awful if I
………………………………………………………………………
…………………………… (be) in your situation.
6 We bought a new car because we inherited some
3 If the captain …………………………… (be) more money.
careful, the ship …………………………… (not sink). We wouldn’t ………………………………………………… .
4 If he …………………………… (ask) her to go out, ………………………………………………………………………
…………………………… she ……………………………
(say) yes?
5 If it …………………………… (not rain) we
…………………………… (have) a party on the beach
last night.
6 She …………………………… (not go) to university if
her parents …………………………… (not make) her.
7 If our car …………………………… (not run out of)
petrol, we …………………………… (arrive) on time.
8 I …………………………… (see) the film if I
…………………………… (not read) the book.

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