Third conditional

Third conditional

1. The third conditional is used to express the past consequence of an unrealistic action or situation in the past.

   • If he had studied harder, he would have passed the exam.

2. How do we create the third conditional?

   • If + past perfect, would/wouldn’t have + past participle.
     • If you had told me about the meeting, I would have come.
   • As with all conditionals, you can also invert this structure:
     • Would have + past participle if + past perfect.
       • I wouldn’t have missed the meeting if you’d told me about it.