THIRD CONDITIONAL

THIRD CONDITIONAL

1. STRUCTURE

   • We use 'd for would and had. We can also use verbs other than would, such as could or might.
   • Third Conditional: Past Perfect + would + have + participle

2. EXAMPLE

   • I would’ve gone if you’d told me. I would have gone if you had told me.
     • If he had studied harder, he would have passed his exams

3. THE FUNCTION

   • The function of the third conditional is to talk about past actions that we cannot change

4. CONCEPT

   • Is used to talk about events in the past, which, if they happened otherwise, would have had other consequences. This is a hypothetical situation in the past. We are imagining what could have happened. We use the past perfect and the would have

5. USE

   • We may wonder why most of these phrases have a negative tone or appearance. And it is that when we use the third conditional, it is to express regret or to complain about something that both conditions it and the result is now impossible.