Grammar Conditionals 3

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Third Conditional

I wish…., if only….

Use the third conditional is used for events in the past which did not in fact happen

If I had lived in the 1920's, I would have worn a flapper dress

(but she didn't live in the 1920's, so she couldn't wear a flapper dress)

Make the Third conditional with two clauses

If + past perfect

would have + past participle

If  I had lived in the 1920's, I would have worn a flapper dress

Think of something that could have happened in the past and create a sentence in the 3rd conditional
if I...…….. , I would….

The clause that begins with if

It can come first or second in the sentence. When it comes first, we use a comma after it.

If I had lived then, I would have said everything is just 'swell'.

I would have danced all the time if I had been young then

past perfect

shorten these sentences:
If I had lived then, I would have said 'everything is
just 'swell'.
I would have danced all the time if I had been young then

Regrets: I wish……..If only

I wish/if only I had heard those songs when they were new

(= It's a pity that I didn't hear those songs then)

After wish, we sometimes use were instead of was.

I wish I was / were taller

Write down a sentence using the 3rd conditional with I wish expressing a regret in the past
Now write a sentence using if only…..what's the difference?

I wish I had my own room

He wishes he had got up earlier.

I wish I was good at dancing

I wish my cousins didn't live so far away

I wish I could say sorry

I have / don't have my own room.

the man got up late

the man got up early

I'm bad at dancing

I'm good at dancing

My cousins live far away

My cousins live near

I can't say sorry

I can say sorry

2. If we had known what was happening , we would have called the police.

3. If you had listened to the instructions , you would have known what to do.

If the children had eaten more breakfast , they wouldn’t have been hungry.

You wouldn’t have missed me if  you had waited a bit longer.

6. We would have gone swimming if it had been a sunny day.

7. If we had lost the match , I would have been so upset.

8. I would have gone to the party if I hadn’t been ill.