Third Conditional

Third Conditional

1. Something that didn't happened in the past

   • It's about an imaginary situation in the past
     • Example: If you hadn't been looking at your phone, you wouldn't have burnt my toast

2. It is also used to sentences in form of repentance

   • Example: If I hadn't left you in charge of breakfast, you wouldn't have burnt my toast

3. Structure:

   • Past perfect (or past perfect continuous), ... , Would + Have + Past Participle
   • An Imaginary Past
     • If + Subject + Past Perfect, Subject + Would Have + Past Participle
       • And we can swap those round:
         • Subject + Would Have + Past Participle If + Subject + Past Perfect

4. In summary, if we want to know / talk about what would have happened if we had done something different in the past, we have to make use of this conditional