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Conditional Sentence Type 3

Conditional sentence type 3 describes impossible conditions in the past that cannot be changed in the present. There are two patterns for forming type 3 conditionals: (1) using "if + past perfect" followed by "would have/wouldn't have + past participle" and (2) using "would have/wouldn't have + past participle" followed by "if + past perfect". Examples are given like "If I had studied seriously, I would have been a lawyer now" and "She would have passed the exam if she had studied harder".

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Conditional Sentence Type 3

Conditional sentence type 3 describes impossible conditions in the past that cannot be changed in the present. There are two patterns for forming type 3 conditionals: (1) using "if + past perfect" followed by "would have/wouldn't have + past participle" and (2) using "would have/wouldn't have + past participle" followed by "if + past perfect". Examples are given like "If I had studied seriously, I would have been a lawyer now" and "She would have passed the exam if she had studied harder".

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Conditional Sentence type 3

Conditional sentence type 3 or conditionals type 3 is a type 3 conditional sentence in English.


The function of this sentence is to explain conditions that were impossible in the past, and cannot
happen in the present because the incident is already too late. In other words, the reality that
happened is the opposite of what this sentence expresses. There are two patterns to form
conditional sentence type 3, those are:

a. If + past perfect, + subject + would have/ wouldn’t have + past participle. Examples:
1. If I had studied seriously, I would have been a lawyer now. (Jika saya belajar dengan serius,
saya akan menjadi pengacara sekarang).
2. If Ronaldo had not scored an own goal, his team would have won the match. (Jika Ronaldo
tidak mencetak gol bunuh diri, timnya akan memenangkan pertandingan).
3. If it had not been raining, we would have come to the party. (Jika tidak hujan, kami akan
datang ke pestanya).

b. Subject + would have/ wouldn’t have + past participle + if + past perfect. Examples:
1. She would have passed the exam if she had studied harder. (Dia akan lulus ujian jika dia
belajar lebih giat).
2. They would have asked you to meet them if they had known that you were in this city.
(Mereka akan memintamu untuk bertemu dengan mereka jika mereka tahu bahwa kamu ada di
kota ini).
3. I wouldn’t have been grounded if my father hadn’t known about me breaking the curfew.
(Saya tidak akan dihukum jika ayah saya tidak tahu bahwa saya melanggar jam malam).

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