Third conditional

Third conditional

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

   • The past perfect tense = had + past participle
     • If he had gotten up earlier, we would not have been late. (Third conditional - We were late in the past). The first sentence is the mixed conditional, which mixes something that was not fulfilled in the past with its hypothetical result now: the first part is the third conditional and the second part is the second conditional.
       • https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/mixed-conditional/
         • https://www.wallstreetenglish.com/blog/the-third-conditional/#:~:text=To%20make%20a%20sentence%20in,wouldn't%20have%20missed%20it.
           • https://www.progressive-english.ch/third-conditional-and-mixed-conditionals/

2. The third conditional is used to express the past consequence of an unrealistic action or situation in the past.

3. If he had studied harder, he would have passed the exam.

   • If you had told me about the meeting, I wouldn’t have missed it.

4. Mixed Conditional

   • If + subject + past perfect, subject + would + verb in the infinitive
     • the condition or if-clause and the main or result clause. Depending on the meaning we try to convey we have many different conditionals at our exposal to express ourselves clearly.
   • This type of mixed conditional refers to an unreal past condition and its probable result in the present. These sentences express a situation which is contrary to reality both in the past and in the present
     • If I had worked harder at school, I would have a better job now.
       • I would have a better job now if I had worked harder at school.