Third conditional

Third Conditional

If + past perfect + would+have+verb3 if-clause + main clause ( past perfect) (would+have+verb3)

This type of sentence is sometimes called an Impossible Condition. It refers to things in the past , and it is impossible to change things that happened in the past

examples

Last week my friend sold his car, it cost five hundred dollars. If I had had five hundred dollars, I would have bought it.

exercises

Make a sentence for each situation

Helen didn’t leave early, and so she missed the bus.

We forgot to take a map, so we got lost in the mountains.

I didn’t go to bed early, so I didn’t wake up at 7.00

Maxim didn’t make a shopping list, and he forgot to buy some coffee.

I didn’t realize you were tired when I asked you to go for a walk.

The Romans didn’t sail across the Atlantic, so they didn’t reach America.

I didn’t turn left at the station, and I lost my way.

I didn’t buy more milk, so I didn’t have enough for breakfast.