Third Conditional Grammar Guides

1.

Last month Brian was in the hospital for an operation. Liz
didn’t know this, so she didn’t go to see him. They met a few
days ago. Liz said:
If Ihad known you were in the hospital, I would have gone
to see you.
Liz said, “If I had known you were in the hospital”… So she
didn’t know

2. Third Conditional

To
express unreal or hypothetical
situations.
for example:

3.

We
mustn’t use would or wouldn’t in the If part
of the sentence.
For example:
If you hadn’t been late,
we wouldn’t have missed the train.

4.

Structure:
IF + had + verb participle, WOULD +
have + participle

5.

Exercises:
I
didn’t know you were in the hospital. If
__________________ (I / know), _________________
(I / go) to see you.
If
_______________ ( I /be) hungry, _____________
(I /eat) something.
John
got to the station bus in time to catch his
bus. If ________________ (he/miss) the bus,
____________ (he/be) late for his interview.

6.

Some
hypothetical situations: