3rd Conditional.practice

CONDITIONAL CLAUSES ZERO CONDITIONAL Use: to talk about something that is true at any time

If you eat too much, you get fat. (=fact)

FIRST CONDITIONAL Use: to talk about things that are possible in the future

If I see Ann, I’ll invite her. (=real / possible in the future) SECOND CONDITIONAL Use: to imagine something that is not true (refers to the present/future!)

If I won a lot of money, I’d buy a new house. (= unreal in the present) THIRD CONDITIONAL Use: to imagine something that did not happen in the past

If he had tried harder, he would have passed the exam. (= unreal in the past)

Type 3 Form:

If + past perfect would / could/ might+ have + past participle Use: 

past conditions that cannot be fulfilled If more countries had invested on space exploration, we would have found much more about it.

Exercises: A- Complete the sentences to form past conditions. 1. If the Soviets ____________(not / enter) the Space Race, the exploration of space ____________(be) slower. 2. If Sputnik 1’s mission ____________(not / be) successful, the space program ____________ (slow down). 3. If the Moon ____________ (not/be) the first celestial body to be explored, Neil Armstrong ____________ (walk) there.

4. If China ____________ (not / launched) its own space station, only the USA and Russia ____________(remain) in that race. 5. Some people say that if the US government ____________(not / spend) so much money on space, they ____________(solve) other problems on Earth. 6. Other point out that if they ____________(not / explore) space, they ____________ (not/ achieve) success in other areas. B- Write sentences according to the example. 1. The car broke down. You didn’t check it. If you had checked the car, it wouldn’t have broken down. 2. They didn’t use the map. They got lost. If _________________________ __________________________ 3. They didn’t but any water. they were very thirsty. If _________________________ __________________________ 4. There weren’t any taxis going by. They waited for hours. If _________________________ __________________________

THIRD CONDITIONAL FORM: If clause If+ past perfect USES:  Criticism.  Speculating .

+ main clause + would / could + present perfect Example : If you had studies, you would have passed. Example: I wouldn’t have invited him if I had known.

A- Underline the correct form of the verbs. 1. If he hadn’t committed a crime, he wouldn’t be / wouldn’t have been arrested. 2. If the hotel hadn’t been so expensive, we would have stayed / stayed / will stay there. 3. We arrived / will arrive / would´ve arrived on time if we hadn’t got lost. 4. I would have visited / would visit / will visit him if I had known that he was in hospital. 5. If you didn’t leave / hadn’t left the door open, the dog wouldn’t have eaten our lunch. 6. The holiday would’ve been / was / would be great if the weather had been better.

B- Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

If they _______________ (close) the gate, the dog wouldn’t have got out. They would’ve let us in if you _______________ ( not lose) the tickets. He _______________( not see) us if you hadn’t made a noise. I _______________(buy) a present if I had known it was your birthday. If the pilot _______________(not be so experienced, the plane would have crashed. You _______________(pass) your driving test, if you hadn’t been so nervous.

C- Rewrite the sentences using the third conditional. 1. He drank a lot so he had an accident. If he _______________________________________________________ 2. I fell down the stairs because it was very dark. If it ________________________________________________________ 3. Carol felt sick because she forgot to take her medicine. She ________________________________________________________ 4. His parents were cruel to him so he ran away. He _________________________________________________________ 5. I got up late because my alarm clock didn’t ring. If ___________________________________________________________