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    We use the third conditional to talk about hypothetical past situations, expressing the condition with "if + past perfect" and the result with "would/wouldn't + have + past participle". To express possibility or uncertainty about past situations, we can use "could, might or may have + past participle". The third conditional, along with zero, first and second conditionals, can be mixed depending on the situation, changing the tense between present, past and future forms. Modal verbs and modal perfect forms can also be used instead of "will" or "would (have)" in mixed conditional sentences.

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    We use the third conditional to talk about hypothetical past situations, expressing the condition with "if + past perfect" and the result with "would/wouldn't + have + past participle". To express possibility or uncertainty about past situations, we can use "could, might or may have + past participle". The third conditional, along with zero, first and second conditionals, can be mixed depending on the situation, changing the tense between present, past and future forms. Modal verbs and modal perfect forms can also be used instead of "will" or "would (have)" in mixed conditional sentences.

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    We use the third conditional to talk about hypothetical past situations, expressing the condition with "if + past perfect" and the result with "would/wouldn't + have + past participle". To express possibility or uncertainty about past situations, we can use "could, might or may have + past participle". The third conditional, along with zero, first and second conditionals, can be mixed depending on the situation, changing the tense between present, past and future forms. Modal verbs and modal perfect forms can also be used instead of "will" or "would (have)" in mixed conditional sentences.

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    Conditionals

    We use the third conditional to talk about hypothetical past situations.


    We express the condition with ​if + past perfect​ ​and the result with​ ​would/wouldn't +
    have + past participle​.
    To express possibility or uncertainty, we can use ​could, might or may have + past
    participle​.
    We can invert the past perfect verb form (i.e. like in a question) and omit ​if.

    Some situations require us to mix zero, first, second and third conditionals.

    Present Past

    Past Present

    Past Future

    We can also form mixed conditional sentences using modal verbs and modal perfect forms
    instead of ​will​ or ​would (have)​.

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