AFTER

READING

HOW TO USE THE

Make a sentence with each

THIRD
CONDITIONAL
of the forms of the third
conditional (negative,
affirmative and
interrogative) so you can see
if you have learned.
 WHAT IS THE interrogative
THIRD form

CONDITIONAL? The third conditional is used to talk

about hypothetical situations in the
past that did not happen. In the
The third conditional is a
third conditional, the if-clause
grammatical structure used contains the past perfect, while
to talk about hypothetical
MORE FORMS
the main clause contains
situations in the past.
v1: What +would + subject + have
negative form + verb past participle?

If + past perfect v2: If + past perfect (had + subject

(had + past
The third conditional is used to talk + past participle), would + subject
about hypothetical situations in the
participle), would have
+ have + past participle?
past that did not happen. In the
+ past participle. third conditional, the if-clause
contains the past perfect, while
the main clause contains Example:
EXAMPLE: f you had won the lottery,
what would you have
v1: If + Subjet + past perfect
If I had studied harder, I would have
bought?
v2: Wouldn’t have + verb past
passed the exam.
participle.

In this example, the speaker is

One or both clauses can be
expressing regret about not
negative.
studying harder in the past, which
Example:
resulted in failing the exam. The
They wouldn’t have missed their
sentence implies that if the speaker
plane if they hadn’t woken up late.
had studied harder, they would have
passed the exam.