INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA JUAN PABLO II

Municipio de Villavicencio - Secretaría de Educación

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GUIDE NO. 2

AREA: INGLÉS GRADO: 9° TOPIC: CONDITIONAL III

OBJETIVO: Usar correctamente el conditional III para comunicarse en inglés.

FUNCTIONS OF THIRD CONDITIONAL

The type 3 conditional refers to an impossible condition in the past and its probable result
in the past. These sentences are truly hypothetical and unreal, because it is now too late
for the condition or its result to exist. There is always some implication of regret with type 3
conditional sentences. The reality is the opposite of, or contrary to, what the sentence
expresses. In type 3 conditional sentences, the time is the past and the situation
is hypothetical.

Examples

 If I had worked harder, I would have passed the exam. (Si yo hubiera trabajado más, yo
habría pasado el examen)
 If I had known you were coming, I would have baked a cake. (Si yo hubiera sabido que
tu vendrías, habría horneado un pastel)
 I would have been happy if you had called me on my birthday. (Yo habría estado feliz si
tu me hubieras llamado en mi cumpleaños)

Hypothesis: If + S + past perfect + complement

Result: S+ would have + past participle + complement
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Exercise 1: Use the third conditional to complete the sentences

Exercise 2: Read the sentences and write conditional type 3 sentences

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Exercise 3: Write each of the two sentences below as one sentence. Use conditional 3.
Example. Sam didn’t get up early. He was late for work
If Sam had gotten up early, he wouldn’t have been late for work.

1.We didn’t bring our umbrellas. We got wet.

RTA: if we had brought our paragus, we would have not wet

2.Jake didn’t study. He failed the test.

RTA: 2.1 if jack had studied. He would have passed the test

3.I rode the bicycle. I fell off.

RTA: if hadn’t ridden my bike. I would have not fallen