Learn English with Ellen: Third Conditional

If It Hadn’t Been For Love - Adele

 

Third Conditional worksheet

We use the third conditional when we imagine a different past, where something did or did not happen, and we imagine a different result: It would have been better if we had come earlier. (We didn’t come earlier, so the situation was tense.)

conditional clause = if + past perfect i.e. If they had left earlier,

main clause = modal verbs (should/would/might/could) + have + past participle i.e. they would have arrived on time.

Complete the sentences using the third conditional.

  1. Never _________________________ (hitchhike) to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love/

  2. Never _________________________ (catch) the train to Louisiana if it hadn't been for love.

  3. Never _________________________ (run) through the blinding rain if it hadn't been for love.

  4. Never _________________________ (see) the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been for love.

  5. Never _________________________ (gone, adjective) to that side of town if it hadn't been for love.

  6. Never _________________________ (take a mind) to track him down if it hadn't been for love.

  7. Never _________________________ (load up) a forty-four if it hadn't been for love.

  8. Never _________________________ (put) myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been for love.

 

Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1.    have told me. would if remembered I you’d

…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..

2.    would had have revised more, passed the exam. she If she

…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..

3.    the train If we have hadn’t missed we would arrived on time.

…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..

4.    If been there have met him. you’d could you

…………………………………………………………………………………….…………………..

Fill in the gaps to compose the words.

1.    They hi_ch_iked around Europe.

2.    He's in tro_bl_ with the police.

3.    Well, at l_ast they weren't bored.

4.    She was released on p_ro_e.

5.    God have m_rcy on us.

6.    She spent a year in j_il.

7.    The police have so far failed to tra_k do_n the attacker.