Third Conditional

Third Conditional

1. In English there are several types of conditionals and, among them, the third conditional. This type of conditional is used to think about situations in the past that did not happen and imagine what results they would have had.

2. The third conditional has the following structure:

   • If + past perfect, subject + would + have + verb in past participle

3. Remember that to make the participle we must take into account whether the verb is regular (it will be formed by adding the particle -ed at the end of the verb) or irregular (3rd column of the list of irregular verbs). Sometimes, instead of would, other modal verbs are used such as could, might:

4. If you had come earlier, you would have had a better seat.

5. If I had taken an umbrella, I wouldn't have got wet.