Look at The Sentence and Answer The Questions: Complete The Rule by Circling The Correct Word or Phrase

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Look at the sentence and answer the questions.

“If there had been enough life boats , more people would have survived.”

1. Were there enough lifeboats?

2. Did the people survive?

3. Are we talking about the present or past?

4. Is it a real or unreal (imagined) past?

5. Is it possible or impossible for us to change the result?

6. Is there the feeling of regret?

7. Is the reality the opposite of, what the sentence expresses .

Complete the rule by circling the correct word or phrase :

We use the third conditional to talk about real / imagined situations in the
present/past.

Look at the sentences and complete the rule:

If Captain Stanley Lord had responded to the signals , more people would have
survived.

If the crew of the Titanic had taken better precautions , the disaster would have
happened in

IF+ SUBJECT + ____________ , SUBJECT + _______(not) __________ + PAST PARTICIPLE (V3)

Source : Murphy, R.,English Grammar in Use, Cambridge.


Cut outs

If Ray hadn’t gone to the party,

he wouldn’t have met Maggie.

If James had been in his office,

he would have answered the phone.

If I had voted in the last election ,

I would have voted for Senator Anderson.

If I had listened to the weather forecast,

I wouldn’t have got wet yesterday.

If I had studied hard,

I wouldn’t have failed.

Source : Murphy, R.,English Grammar in Use, Cambridge.


Answer key

If Ray hadn’t gone to the party, he wouldn’t have met Maggie.

If James had been in his office, he would have answered the phone.

If I had voted in the last election , I would have voted for Senator Anderson.

If I had listened to the weather forecast, I wouldn’t have got wet yesterday.

If I had studied hard, I wouldn’t have failed.

Source : Murphy, R.,English Grammar in Use, Cambridge.


Complete the sentences with if clause third conditional.

1. If I had known you were coming, I_________ (invite) some friends in.
2. If Jones__________ (play) better, the team would have won.
3. If you (remember)___________ to lock the door, the burglars wouldn’t
have got in.
4. We (get)___________ better tickets if we had booked earlier.
5. If you (run)__________ a bit faster., you would have won.
6. If Bell (not invent)______________ the telephone, somebody else
(do)_____________ it.

For each situation write a sentence beginning with if.

1. I wasn’t hungry , so I didn’t eat anything.

If ________________________________________________.

2. The accident happened because the road was icy.

If ________________________________________________.

3. I lost my phone so I didn’t call you.

If ________________________________________________.

4. I didn’t get a taxi because I didn2 have enough money.

If _________________________________________________.

5. There was a party last night. You didn’t know that so, you didn’t go.

If I_____________________________________________.

6. There was a test yesterday, you didn’t know that, so you didn’t study.

If I _____________________________________________.

Source : Murphy, R.,English Grammar in Use, Cambridge.


Source : Murphy, R.,English Grammar in Use, Cambridge.
(The type 3 conditional refers to an impossible condition in the past and its probable
result in the past. These sentences are truly hypothetical and unreal, because it is
now too late for the condition or its result to exist. There is always some implication of
regret with type 3 conditional sentences. The reality is the opposite of, or contrary to,
what the sentence expresses. In type 3 conditional sentences, the time is the past
and the situation is hypothetical)

FORM:

Main Clause:

If Clause:

If + s + past perfect , s + would have + past participle.

( had + past participle) ( could/ might have)

Drilling ( the given sentences)

Source : Murphy, R.,English Grammar in Use, Cambridge.


Source : Murphy, R.,English Grammar in Use, Cambridge.

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