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Understanding the Third Conditional

The document discusses using the third conditional to talk about hypothetical past situations. It explains that the third conditional is used to describe an event that did not happen in the past and imagine the result if it had. It provides an example structure of the third conditional, stating it is composed of an "if clause" using past perfect tense followed by a "conditional clause" using "would have" plus the past participle.

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Understanding the Third Conditional

The document discusses using the third conditional to talk about hypothetical past situations. It explains that the third conditional is used to describe an event that did not happen in the past and imagine the result if it had. It provides an example structure of the third conditional, stating it is composed of an "if clause" using past perfect tense followed by a "conditional clause" using "would have" plus the past participle.

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...if Id known, I would have worn something nicer.

I definitely wouldve remembered if youd told me!


It wouldve been even better if Alfie hadnt ruined it

Answer these questions:

Are these sentences about the past, the future or the present?

Do they talk about real or unreal/imaginary/hypothetical situations?

We use the third conditional to talk about hypothetical in


the past. It's used to describe a situation that didn't happen,
and to imagine the result of this situation.
The third conditional is composed of two clauses or sentences: the if clause and
the conditional clause.

if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

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