The document explains the three types of conditionals in English - the first, second, and third conditional. The first conditional uses "if + present/will" to talk about likely future events. The second conditional uses "if + past/would" for unlikely future events. The third conditional uses "if + past perfect/would have" to talk about hypothetical or imagined situations in the past. It provides examples of each conditional and exercises for the reader to practice forming third conditional sentences.
10. All of the following pictures are of past situations.
Can you think of a 3rd conditional sentence to
change the outcome.
• E.g. If he hadn’t…, he wouldn’t have…
After each picture is a 3rd conditional sentence.
Is it the same as yours?
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12. • If it hadn’t been windy, these umbrellas
wouldn’t have broken.
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14. • If she’d worn warmer clothes, she wouldn’t have
caught a cold.
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16. • If she hadn’t gone to that hairdresser’s, she
wouldn’t have had such a terrible haircut.
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18. • If they hadn’t bought a lottery ticket, they
wouldn’t have won.
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20. • If Octopus Paul hadn’t predicted Spain’s
victory, the Spanish team wouldn’t have won.
21. • … and if you hadn’t done this activity, you
wouldn’t have practised the 3rd conditional!
