{"id":82,"date":"2019-04-24T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/zyle\/?p=82"},"modified":"2021-03-23T04:57:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T04:57:11","slug":"conditional-type-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/grammar\/conditional-type-3.htm","title":{"rendered":"Conditional Type 3 – English grammar courses"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this lesson, we will learn about the Conditional Type 3. We use the conditional type 3 to express Regret <\/em>or to talk about events and actions in the past that are impossible.<\/p>\n

Its form is: If + Subject + Verb (past perfect) + Subject + Would + Have + Past participle<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sentence is composed of two parts: the Conditional clause & the Main clause.<\/p>\n

The conditional clause is formed by if+Past perfect and the main clause is formed by would+have+past participle.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not obligatory that the conditional clause be the first. The main clause can be the first and in this case, it\u2019s not necessary for a comma to separate the two clauses.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s look at one example sentence:<\/p>\n

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If I had worked hard, I would have passed the test.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf + (I had worked hard)\u201d is the if+past perfect conditional clause.\u00a0 \u201cI would+have+passed the test\u201d is the would+have+past participle. This formula is very consistent as we can see the following examples:<\/p>\n

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If I had gone home, I would have seen my family.<\/p>\n

If I had gone to swim, I would have caught a cold.<\/p>\n

If I had won the prize, I would have been rich.<\/p>\n

You can also swap the clauses around:<\/p>\n

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We would have something to eat if he had made dinner.<\/p>\n

We would have been watching a movie right now if she had fixed the computer.<\/p>\n

They would have seen beautiful nature if they went to the countryside.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s look at some new examples but this time with the word, \u201cnot\u201d:<\/p>\n

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If you hadn\u2019t woke up early, you would have missed the train.<\/p>\n

If I hadn\u2019t driven carefully, an accident would have happened.<\/p>\n

If she had arrived on time, we would not have been late.<\/p>\n

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You can also swap the clauses around:<\/p>\n

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He wouldn\u2019t have been famous if he did nothing.<\/p>\n

I would not have known what happened if he hadn\u2019t called.<\/p>\n

She would not have been able to make money if she hadn\u2019t worked.<\/p>\n

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You can also replace \u201cwould\u201d with other modal verbs. This would, of course, change the meaning of the sentence a bit. For example:<\/p>\n

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If I had a guitar, I might have learned how to play it.<\/p>\n

If they had been here, you could leave.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHave\u201d is often abbreviated as \u201c\u2019ve\u201d: I\u2019ve no idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad\u201d is often abbreviated as \u201c\u2019d\u201d: I\u2019d know about that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWould have\u201d is often abbreviated as \u201cwould\u2019ve\u201d: If you told me, I would\u2019ve known what to do.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s do some exercises with what we have learned already. Please create 6 sentences using conditional type 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this lesson, we will learn about the Conditional Type 3. We use the conditional type 3 to express Regret or to talk about events and actions in the past that are impossible. Its form is: If + Subject + Verb (past perfect) + Subject + Would + Have + Past participle The sentence is … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youlearnenglish.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}