10. Third
conditional
Put in the correct third conditional verb form.
If you ______________ (not / be)
late, we ______________ (not /
miss) the bus.
If she ______________ (study), she
______________ (pass) the exam.
If we ______________ (arrive)
earlier, we ______________ (see)
John.
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conditional
If they ______________ (go) to bed early, they ______________ (not / wake) up late.
If he ______________ (become) a musician, he ______________ (record) a CD.
If she ______________ (go) to art school, she ______________ (become) a painter.
If I ______________ (be) born in a different country, I ______________ (learn) to
speak a different language.
If she ______________ (go) to university, she ______________ (study) French.
If we ______________ (not / go) to the party, we ______________ (not / meet) them.
If he ______________ (take) the job, he ______________ (not / go) travelling.
He ______________ (be) happier if he ______________ (stay) at home.
She ______________ (pass) the exam if she ______________ (study) harder.
We ______________ (not / get) married if we ______________ (not / go) to the same
university.
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conditional
They ______________ (be) late if they ______________ (not / take) a taxi.
She ______________ (not / meet) him if she ______________ (not / come) to London.
He ______________ (take) a taxi if he ______________ (have) enough money.
I ______________ (call) you if I ______________ (not / forget) my phone.
We ______________ (come) if we ______________ (be) invited.
She ______________ (not / do) it if she ______________ (know) you were ill.
He ______________ (be) on time if he ______________ (leave) earlier.
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conditional
THIRD CONDITIONAL
Exercise 1: Put the verbs into the right tense so as to form the Third Conditional.
1. If I ……………………………………………….(have) the time I ……………………………………………… (visit) you
yesterday.
2. If you …………………………………………….(take) me to the hospital, I ………………………………………………
(die).
3. If they …………………………………………………(invite) me to the party, I ……………………………………….
(go).
4. If I ………………………………………………………(have) enough money, I …………………………………………
(buy) the other dress.
5. If he ………………………………………………..(not/break) his leg, we ………………………………………………..
(won) the match.
6.If you………………………………………………(study) harder, you …………………………………………………….
(pass) the test.
7. If …………………………………………..(know) you would come, I ………………………………………….. (cook)
something for you.
8. If you ………………………………………… (give) me your phone number, I …………………………………………
(call) you.
9. If we ………………………………………………….(leave) earlier, we …………………………… (not/miss) the
train.
10. If we ……………………………………………….. (take) a map with us, we
………………………………………………..(get) lost.
Exercise 2: Put the verbs into the right tense so as to form the Third Conditional.
1. If you ………………………………………….. (ask) for my opinion, I …………………………………………..(advise)
you to keep away from him.
2. You ……………………………………………….(not /be) so tired during the lesson if you
…………………………………………… (go) to bed earlier last night.
3. If you ………………………………………………..(call) earlier, you ………………………………………………..(be able
to) book a table.
4. He ………………………………………………(forgive) you if you ………………………………………….(apologize) for
your rude behaviour.
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conditional
5. If you ………………………………………………. (help) me, I …………………………………………….. (finish) the
project earlier.
6. I ………………………………………………………(know) if they ………………………………………..(lie) to us.
7. If you……………………………………….. (repair) the car you …………………………………………..(not /have to)
call a taxi.
8. If the bomb …………………………………………………(go off), we …………………………………………….. (die).
9. I ………………………………………………(tell) you if there ………………………………………(be) any changes in
the plan.
10.If I …………………………………………(see) John, I ………………………………(tell) him you were looking for
him.
Exercise 3: Put the verbs into the right tense so as to form the Third Conditional. (could
have/ might have)
1. If you …………………………………….(apologize) you ……………………………..(could/avoid) punishment.
2. The police ……………………………….(might/catch) the thief if they …………………………..(arrive) earlier.
3. If you ……………………………………………….(board) that plane, you ……………………………(might/die)
4. If you …………………………………….(offer) her the job, she ………………………………………….(might/accept)
5. I ………………………………………….(could/made) a cake if I ………………………………….(know) the recipe.
6. If he ……………………………..(not/lose) his job, he ………………………………………(might/buy) a new house.
7. If she ……………………………..(finish) her work , she ………………………………….. (could /go) home earlier.
8. If you ………………………………….(save) enough money, you …………………………………..(could/buy) a car.
9. If I ………………………………(know) how to swim I ………………………….(might/save) the drowning man.
10. If he ……………………………..(not/be grounded), she ………………………………(could/come) to the
celebration.
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conditional
Exercise 5: Write type 3 conditional sentences for the following situations.
example: I didn’t go to the supermarket because I didn’t know we had run out of any milk
If I had known we had run out of milk, I would have gone to the supermarket.
1. She didn’t give me a lift because she didn’t have any petrol.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. I didn’t go to the school celebration because I was ill.
…………………………………………………………………………
3. Dad didn’t go to the theatre because he didn’t like the play .
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Mum didn’t make a cake because she was at her office until late.
……………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Steve didn’t participate at the concert because his guitar was broken.
…………………………………………………………………………
6. I didn’t read the article because I had work to do.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. She didn’t go to the doctor because the metro was out of order.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. I missed the train because I overslept.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. She slapped him because he insulted her.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. He broke his leg because he jumped from the roof.
……………………………………………………………………………
