Third conditional

Third conditional

1. The third conditional refers to past circumstances, so it talks about how things would have been if some condition had been fulfilled, or no

   • Affirmative
     • Si (yo) hubiera estado allí, me habría reído. If I’d been there, I would’ve laughed.
       • Si hubiera venido más gente, habríamos acabado antes. If more people had come, we would’ve finished earlier.
   • Negative
     • Si ella no se hubiera caído, no nos habrían mirado. If she hadn’t fallen over, they wouldn’t have looked at us.
     • No habríamos sentido nada si no lo hubiéramos tocado. We wouldn’t have felt anything if we hadn’t touched it.
   • Interrogation
     • ¿Habrías colgado si hubiera sido ella? Would you have hung up if it had been her?
       • ¿Habría ocurrido si no hubiéramos vendido el coche? Would it have happened if we hadn’t sold the car?