Third conditional

Third conditional

1. 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.

   • example
     • If you had put yeast, the cake would have risen
     • If I had asked you, would you have helped me?

2. The structure of the third conditional

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

3. Sometimes, instead of would , other modal verbs are used such as could, might

   • WOULD
     • If I had remembered it was your birthday, I would have bought you a present.
   • COULD
     • If I had saved my money, I could have gone on holiday.
   • MIGHT
     • If we had had time, we might have gone to the beach.

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