3rd Conditional
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The document discusses conditionals in English grammar. It explains the difference between second and third conditionals. The second conditional refers to unreal or improbable present and future situations, using the structure "if + past tense, would + infinitive". The third conditional refers to impossible past situations, using the structure "if + past perfect, would + have + past participle". It provides examples of how the second conditional expresses what someone would do now if a condition was met, while the third conditional expresses what someone would have done in the past if a different condition was met, but it did not actually occur.
3rd Conditional
- 1. CONDITIONALS
- 2. Jack wants to buy a house but he can’t do this because he doesn’t have any money. If I had a lot of money, I would buy a big house. SECOND CONDITIONAL
- 3. Susan wants to phone Paul but she can’t do this because she doesn’t know his number. If I knew his number, I would phone him. SECOND CONDITIONAL
- 4. If I had a lot of money, I would buy a big house. If I knew his number, I would phone him. if-clause: PAST TENSE SIMPLE main clause: PRESENT CONDITIONAL would + infinitive SECOND CONDITIONAL The second conditional refers to the present and future. It expresses an unreal situation and its probable result. The situation or condition is improbable, impossible, imaginary, or contrary to known facts.
- 5. THIRD CONDITIONAL Yesterday, Susan wanted to phone Paul but she couldn’t do that because she didn’t know his number. If I had known his number, I would have phoned him.
- 6. THIRD CONDITIONAL If I had had a lot of money, I would have bought a big house. If I had known his number, I would have phoned him. if-clause: PAST PERFECT SIMPLE main clause: PAST CONDITIONAL would + have + past participle The third conditional refers to the past and it is not based on facts. It expresses the a situation which is contrary to reality in the past.
- 7. SECOND v. THIRD CONDITIONAL THE DIFFERENCE: SECOND and THIRD CONDITIONAL The difference is about time. Second conditional: refers to the present and future Third conditional: refers to the past situations If I saw a car accident, I would call an ambulance. If I had seen a car accident, I would have called an ambulance. But I don’t see an accident now. This is unlikely to happen. But I didn’t see an accident yesterday. This is contrary to the fact in the past.
- 8. THE END