THIRD CONDITIONAL

A. Study the examples:

1. If the British had built igloos, they would have been warm even in the worst
Arctic weather.
2. Parry’s men wouldn’t have stayed healthy if they hadn’t eaten the salads.
3. If she had worked harder, she would have been more successful.
4. They would have given up if it had been any more difficult.
5. I would have gone to the store if it hadn’t rained.

1. Identify part A and part B in the previous sentences. Write them in the table
below.

PART A PART B

2. Write the form of the third conditional.

Part A is the event that did not occurred =

Part B is the imaginary result =

B. Rewrite these sentences the opposite way around. Then, turn them into
questions. The firs one is done as an example.

1. If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.

a. I would have passed the exam if I had studied harder.
b. Would you have passed the exam if you had studied harder?
2. If my alarm had gone off, I wouldn’t have missed my bus.
3. If I had arrived earlier, I would have made the flight.
4. She would have seen the horror film if the tickets hadn’t been sold out.
5. He would have biked here if his tire hadn’t gone flat.
6. I would have gone to the beach if I had brought my swim trunks.