third conditional

Third conditional

Impossible situations or situations that did not occur.

Condition: Past Perfect

Result: modal + present perfect

If + pronoun + had + past participle verb,

pronoun + modal + have + past participle verb

Modals:

would (habria)

could (podria)

should

had not ; hadn´t

wouldn´t

couldn´t

shouldn´t

EXAMPLES

I If a had studied, I would have passed the test.

They could have fixed the car if they had had the tools.

If they had paid more, I would have worked more hours.

Something that didn´t happen.

in the past

to imagine a different outcome.

If + subject + past perfect,

subject + modal + have + past participle