9A PAGE 148 Intermediate Students Book (Third Conditional)

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9B PAGE 148 Intermediate Student’s Book
Third Conditional
If + past perfect (had gone) and would have + past participle (have gone)
· If I’d known about the meeting, I would have gone.
· You wouldn’t have lost your job if you hadn’t been late every day.
· Would you have gone to the party if you’d known Lisa was there?
1. It’s normally used to talk about how things could have been different in the past
· If James hadn’t gone on that training course, he wouldn’t have met his wife.
2. Hypothetical/ imaginary situations. Compare:
· Yesterday I got up late and missed the train. (=the real situation)
· If I hadn’t got up late yesterday, I wouldn’t have missed my train. (=the hypothetical/imaginary situation)
3. The contraction of both had and would is ‘d
4. Might or could can be used instead of would to make the result less certain
· If she’d studied harder, she might have passed the exam.