The 3 Conditional

rd

Going BACK in TIME to the PAST

What would you have

done differently?
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The 3 Conditional
rd

Going BACK in TIME to the PAST

In this presentation you will...
1) Quickly check you know the 1st and 2nd
conditionals page 3
2) Look at when and how to make the 3rd
conditional page 5
3) Do sentence transformations making 3rd
conditional sentences with picture prompts
page 17
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How do we make make the 1st and 2nd

conditionals?
1st Conditional

When?

If It is Sunny, I will go to the beach.

If + PRESENT, + FUTURE

2nd Conditional
If It was sunny, I would go to the beach

If + PAST

, + WOULD + Verb

today

tomorrow
next week
on my next
holiday

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How do we make make the 1st and 2nd

conditionals?
1st Conditional

When?

If It is Sunny, I will go to the beach.

If + PRESENT, + FUTURE

2nd Conditional
If It was sunny, I would go to the beach

If + PAST

, + WOULD + Verb

With the 1st and 2nd conditionals we are

imagining a time in the present or future
but what if we want to imagine changes in the
past?

today

tomorrow
next week
on my next
holiday

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When do we use the 3rd conditional?

Yesterday

When we want to
imagine doing or
changing something
in the past

3rd Conditional

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yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

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How do we make the 3rd conditional?

Yesterday

3rd Conditional

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

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How do we make the 3rd conditional?

Yesterday

If + PAST PERFECT ,
+ WOULD HAVE +
PARTICIPLE

3rd Conditional
If It had been sunny yesterday, I would
have gone to the beach

If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

PARTICIPLE

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

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How do we make the 3rd conditional?

If...

+ HAD/NT + PARTICIPLE,

I
had /
You
hadn't
He
She
It
We
They

been
come
found
done
seen

+ WOULD/NT have + PARTICIPLE

I
you
he
she
it
we
they

would /
wouldn't
have

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

been
come
found
done
seen

PARTICIPLE

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Revise the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditionals

When?

1st Conditional
If It is Sunny, I will go to the beach.

today
tomorrow
next week
on my next
holiday

If + PRESENT, + FUTURE

2nd Conditional
If It was sunny, I would go to the beach
If + PAST
, + WOULD + Verb

3rd Conditional
If It had been sunny yesterday, I would
have gone to the beach

If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

PARTICIPLE

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

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When do we use the 3rd conditional?

Yesterday

When we want to
imagine doing or
changing something
in the past

3rd Conditional

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

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Fill in the gaps to make the 3rd conditional

If I ___ ____ alive

2000 years ago,
I _____ ____ ____ a
Roman

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

PARTICIPLE

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If I had been alive

2000 years ago,
I would have been a
Roman

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

PARTICIPLE

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Make a sentence in the 3rd conditional

If / thief / run faster /
police / not catch / him

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

PARTICIPLE

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If / thief / run faster /

police / not catch / him

If the thief had run faster, the police

wouldn't have caught him.
yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

PARTICIPLE

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If / Titanic /
miss/
Iceberg / It / not
sink

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

PARTICIPLE

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If / Titanic /
miss/
Iceberg / It / not
sink
If the Titanic had missed the
iceberg, it wouldn't have sunk.
yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

PARTICIPLE

The 3 Conditional
rd

Going BACK in TIME to the PAST

Practise
Sentence transformation
Make sentences for the
rd
pictures in the 3
conditional
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The Titanic hit an iceberg and

sank

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If the Titanic hadnt hit an

iceberg, it wouldnt have sunk

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He stayed in the sun too long

yesterday and got sunburnt

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If he hadnt stayed in the sun

too long yesterday, he
wouldnt have got sunburnt

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He arrived late and missed the

train

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If he hadnt arrived late, he

wouldnt have missed the
train

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She forgot her umbrella and

got wet

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If she hadnt forgotten her

umbrella, she wouldnt have
got wet

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He was angry so he punched

his laptop

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If he hadnt been angry, he

wouldnt have punched his
laptop

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She drank so much coffee

yesterday, she couldnt sleep
last night

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If she hadnt drunk so much

coffee yesterday, she would
have been able to sleep last
night

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She got a virus on her laptop

because she didnt install an
antivirus

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If she had installed an

antivirus on her laptop, she
wouldnt have got a virus

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He drank so much last night,

he had a hangover when he
woke up

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If he hadnt drunk so much

last night, he wouldnt have
had a hangover when he woke
up

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Bart didnt do his homework

so he had to stay late in
school yesterday

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If Bart had done the homework,

he wouldnt have had to stay
late in school yesterday

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They worked so hard they

passed their exams

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If they hadnt worked so hard,

they wouldnt have passed
their exams

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He bought a lottery ticket and

won

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If he hadnt bought a lottery

ticket, he wouldnt have won

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He was texting on the phone

and had an accident

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If he hadnt been texting on

the phone, he wouldnt have
had an accident

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She was working so hard that

she fell asleep

If she hadnt been working so

hard, she wouldnt have fallen
asleep

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He was lifting the box when

he hurt his back

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If he hadnt been lifting the

box, he wouldnt have hurt his
back

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He wasnt looking where he

was going and he hit the tree

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If he had been looking where

he was going, he wouldnt
have hit the tree

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If...
I

PAST
PERFECT

You
He
She had /
hadn't
It
We
They

been
come
found
done
seen

WOULD HAVE +
PARTICIPLE

you
he
she
it
we
they

would /
wouldn't
have

yesterday
last week
last year
when I was
a child

3rd Conditional
If + PAST PERFECT , +

WOULD HAVE

been
come
found
done
seen

PARTICIPLE