THIRD CONDITIONAL

Conditional Sentences Type 3.

 THIRD CONDITIONAL

 It is used for hypothetical past situations.

 It can also be used to express regret or to criticise.
 It is composed of two parts: If Clause + Result Clause.

 The structure is:

 If + Past Perfect, Subject + Would/Could/Might + Have + Past participle

 If I had studied for the exam, I would have passed it!

 Examples:

• The referee was incompetent and we lost the match.

If the referee hadn’t been so incompetent, we wouldn’t have lost

the match.

• Jeremy ate two entire pizzas, so he had a stomachache the

next day.

If Jeremy hadn’t eaten two entire pizzas, he wouldn’t have had a

stomachache the next day.

• Grandpa Mike didn’t see the end of the movie because he fell
asleep.

Grandpa Mike would have seen the end of the movie if he hadn’t
fallen asleep.
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 Kelly didn’t invite me so I didn’t go to her party.

If Kelly had invited me, I would have gone to her party.
 George lied to his girlfriend so she broke up with him.
If George hadn’t lied to his girlfriend, she wouldn’t have
broken up with him.

 We were worried because our daughter left the house at midnight.

We wouldn’t have been worried if our daughter hadn’t left

the house at midnight.
 I didn’t know this job was so stressful! I regret accepting it!

If I had known that this job was so stressful, I wouldn’t have

accepted it!