THIRD CONDITIONAL

Exercise 1: Put the verbs into the right tense so as to form the Third Conditional.

1. If I ……………………………………………….(have) the time I

……………………………………………… (visit) you yesterday.
2. If you …………………………………………….(take) me to the hospital, I
……………………………………………… (die).
3. If they …………………………………………………(invite) me to the party, I
……………………………………….(go).
4. If I ………………………………………………………(have) enough money, I
…………………………………………(buy) the other dress.
5. If he ………………………………………………..(not/break) his leg, we
………………………………………………..(won) the match.
6.If you………………………………………………(study) harder, you
……………………………………………………. (pass) the test.
7. If …………………………………………..(know) you would come, I
………………………………………….. (cook) something for you.
8. If you ………………………………………… (give) me your phone number, I
………………………………………… (call) you.
9. If we ………………………………………………….(leave) earlier, we
………………………………………………….. (not/miss) the train.
10. If we ……………………………………………….. (take) a map with us, we
………………………………………………..(get) lost.

Exercise 2: Put the verbs into the right tense so as to form the Third Conditional.
1. If you ………………………………………….. (ask) for my opinion, I
…………………………………………..(advise) you to keep away from him.
2. You ……………………………………………….(not /be) so tired during the lesson if you
…………………………………………… (go) to bed earlier last night.
3. If you ………………………………………………..(call) earlier, you
………………………………………………..(be able to) book a table.
4. He ………………………………………………(forgive) you if you
………………………………………….(apologize) for your rude behaviour.
5. If you ………………………………………………. (help) me, I
…………………………………………….. (finish) the project earlier.
6. I ………………………………………………………(know) if they
………………………………………..(lie) to us.
7. If you……………………………………….. (repair) the car you
…………………………………………..(not /have to) call a taxi.
8. If the bomb …………………………………………………(go off), we
…………………………………………….. (die).
9. I ………………………………………………(tell) you if there
………………………………………(be) any changes in the plan.
10. If I …………………………………………(see) John, I
……………………………………………………..(tell) him you were looking for him.
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Exercise 3: Put the verbs into the right tense so as to form the Third Conditional.
(could have/ might have)
1. If you ……………………………………………….(apologize) you
……………………………………………..(could/avoid) punishment.
2. The police ……………………………………………….(might/catch) the thief if they
……………………………………………..(arrive) earlier.
3. If you ……………………………………………….(board) that plane, you
…………………………………………………..(might/die)
4. If you ……………………………………………….(offer) her the job, she
………………………………………….(might/accept)
5. I ………………………………………….(could/made) a cake if I
………………………………………….(know) the recipe.
6. If he ……………………………………………..(not/lose) his job, he
…………………………………………(might/buy) a new house.
7. If she ……………………………………………..(finish) her work , she
……………………………………………….. (could /go) home earlier.
8. If you ………………………………………………….(save) enough money, you
…………………………………………..(could/buy) a car.
9. If I …………………………………………………(know) how to swim I
…………………………………………….(might/save) the drowning man.
10. If he ……………………………………………..(not/be grounded), she
……………………………………………(could/come) to the celebration.

Exercise 5: Write type 3 conditional sentences for the following situations.

example: I didn’t go to the supermarket because I didn’t know we had run out of any milk
If I had known we had run out of milk, I would have gone to the supermarket.

1. She didn’t give me a lift because she didn’t have any petrol.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. I didn’t go to the school celebration because I was ill.
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. Dad didn’t go to the theatre because he didn’t like the play .
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Mum didn’t make a cake because she was at her office until late.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Steve didn’t participate at the concert because his guitar was broken.
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
6. I didn’t read the article because I had work to do.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. She didn’t go to the doctor because the metro was out of order.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
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8. I missed the train because I overslept.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. She slapped him because he insulted her.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. He broke his leg because he jumped from the roof.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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