Third Conditional

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Third Conditional Teacher: Lennin Lara Olivo Level: 4th “C”

Students: Aguinda Wilmer Chang Mariela Falconí Cristian Mayorga Juan Pablo Yedra Cristian

THIRD CONDITIONAL Imaginary Past The third conditional is used when we are talking about the past and imagining something different from what actually happened: If clause If + Past Perfect tense If I had won the lottery,

Main clause would/could/might + have + past participle I would have traveled around the world.

The third conditional is used to imagine a solution that did happen a past situation.

IF

CONDITION (Past Perfect)

If

I had known,

If

I had known

If

I had known

If

you had known

RESULT (Modal + Have + Verb in past participle) I would have helped I could have helped I might have helped You should have helped

CERTAINTY Although this didn't happen, the speaker is sure about the result. Although this didn't happen, the result is only a possibility. Although this didn't happen, the result is only a possibility. Although this didn't happen, it is only a good suggestion or piece of advice.

Structure There are two possible structures to form the conditional. 1.- If + condition + result: If + past perfect

,

(condition clause)

would + have + past participle (result clause)

If you had gone to the party

,

you would have met her.

If we hadn't studied

,

we wouldn't have passed the course.

2.- Result + if + condition: Would + have + past participle

if + past perfect

(result clause)

(condition clause)

I would have traveled around the

if I had won the lottery.

world You would have gone

if you had asked me.

Affirmative and negative form  Affirmative: This type of sentence indicates what would have happened if the condition had taken place, although it is impossible to happen. If you had gone to Brazil, you would have had lots of fun. (past perfect) (would have + verb past part.)  Negative: To make a negative conditional simply we deny both sides or just one of them. If I hadn't won the lottery, I wouldn’t have bought a house. However, we may also use "unless" followed by the affirmative sentence in perfect past, keeping the same meaning. Unless I had won the lottery, I wouldn’t have bought a house.

Conclusions: Conditional used to indicate a condition and a result and therefore consists of two phrases, the main and indicating the condition. These types of phrases are used to talk about situations that have not actually happened, ergo, hypothesis.

References:

 http://www.vitutor.com/gramatica_inglesa/clauses/conditional_third.html  http://www.blueblocnotes.com/grammar/conditionals/third-conditional  http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/conditionals/type3.php