The 3rd Conditional

The 3rd Conditional

1. If+subject+past perfect, subject+would have+past participle

   • to talk about something that didn't happen
     • I had know the trains were cancelled, I would have take the bus.
   • to talk about something in the past
     • If I’d had my camera, I’d have taken a photo
   • to imagine a different outcome
     • If I’d known you were coming, I would have baked a cake

2. We can use negatives in either or both parts of the sentence. Whith hand’t and wouldn’t

   • If Abid hadn’t gone to university, he wouldn’t have met wife

3. Only one would in the third conditional sentence, we don’t use would in the if part

4. We use lots of short forms on third conditionals

   • If I’d had my camera, I’d have taken a photo