Third conditional

Long form: If I had known you were in hospital, I would have visited you. Short form: If I’d known you were in hospital, I’d have visited you.

Ex. 186. Match the parts of the sentences.

1 If I hadn’t missed the bus, A he would have gone to the university.

2 If she hadn’t felt bad this morning, B Chris wouldn’t have given me flowers.

3 If the food hadn’t been awful, C she would have gone to school.

4 If he had passed his exams, D nobody would have phoned the fire brigade.

5 If the salary had been good, E we would have eaten it.

6 If it hadn’t been my birthday, F I wouldn’t have been late for work.

7 If she hadn’t shouted “Fire”, G I would have accepted the job.

1 __F___ 2 ________ 3 ________ 4 ________ 5 _________ 6 _________ 7 ________

Ex. 187. You have a friend who is careless with his /her things.

Write what would you /wouldn’t have happened if he /she had /hadn’t done the

following.

Example: He left the suitcase unattended at an airport. It got stolen.

If he hadn’t left his suitcase unattended, it wouldn’t have got stolen.

1 She forgot to lock the car. Her camera got stolen.

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2 He left his wallet in a restaurant. It disappeared.

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3 He didn’t lock the door of his flat. Thieves broke in.

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4 She didn’t put her name on her suitcase. Someone took it by mistake.

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5 He parked his car without lights. Another car ran into it.

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6 She left her parcels on the bus. Someone took them.

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Ex. 188. Read the following news items and then complete what the people say. There is

often more than one acceptable answer. The first one has been done for you.

Ex. 189. Look at these situations and answer the questions. Use the third conditional.

Example: A friend tells you that another friend has been ill and has just left hospital.

You didn’t know this. What do you say?

If I’d known he was ill, I would have visited him.

1. You are playing some loud music in your room. Your sister is in the room next door.

She has a very bad headache, but doesn’t tell you.

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2. A friend asked you to lend him some money. You wanted to, but you didn’t have any.

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3. You didn’t bring your map of Madrid, so you got lost. What does your friend say to you?

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4. You went to bed very late last night and you feel very tired. Your friend notices this.

What does he say?

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5. You caught a cold because you went out in the rain without a coat.

What does your friend say to you?

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Ex. 190 a) Match a fact in column A with a consequence in column B.

A Napoleon didn’t conquer Russia. Karl Marks wrote Das Kapital. The USA became the most powerful country in the world. Kennedy went to Dallas. The Berlin Wall came down. Hitler came to power. Nelson Mandela was released from prison.

B East and West Germany were united. He was assassinated. Many countries became communist. He didn’t become Emperor of all Europe. English became a world language. Apartheid ended peacefully. Germany lost World War One.

b) Write sentences with if about the facts and consequences.

Example: Perhaps if Napoleon had conquered Russia, he would have become

Emperor of all Europe.

Ex. 191. Put the verbs in brackets into the most suitable form.

1. If I __had known__ (know) you were coming, I would have baked a cake.

2. If you ____________________(arrive) ten minutes earlier, you would have got a seat.

3. I ___________________________(offer) to help him if I had realized that he was ill.

4. If I had realized that the traffic lights were red, I _________________________(stop).

5. If my friend ___________________(know) my address, he would have found my house.

6. If he ___________________(know) that the river was dangerous, he wouldn’t have tried

to swim across it.

7. If you hadn’t been in such a hurry, you _____________________(not put) sugar into the soup

instead of salt.

8. We ______________________(go) by air if we have had enough money.

9. I would have brought you some beer if I __________________(know) that you were thirsty.

10. If anyone had attacked me, my dog ____________________________(jump) at his throat.

11. If the doctor __had examined__ the patient more carefully, he __would have found__

something wrong with him.

12. If he __________________(study) more, he ____________________(pass) his exam easily.

13. If we ________________(invite) them, they ______________________(come) to our party.

14. If she _________________(wear) a raincoat, she _______________________(not get wet).

15. If they ________________(have) your address, they ___________________(write) to you.

16. We _______________________(visit) the museum if we __________________(have) time.

17. If it ___________________(not rain), I ______________________(take) the children to

the beach.

18. I _____________________(can enter) the house if I _________________(not lose) my key.

19. If he _______________(have) the tickets, he ______________________(invite) us to the

cinema.

20. If she ________________(have) some money on her, she ___________________(can) buy

a new dress.

21. If you _______________(write) the address properly, the parcel ________________(not get)

lost.