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Using the Third conditional tense in English

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third conditional tense

In this English lesson you will learn how we use the third conditional tense in English.

This tense is difficult for some learners of English because they confuse the tenses.

To understand the third conditional you need to know the structure.

if + past perfect, would have + past participle

Let’s have a look at some example sentences.

If I had known it was your birthday, I would have bought you a present.

So, I didn’t buy you a present because I didn’t know it was your birthday. I will write the date in my diary.

If I hadn’t known it was your birthday, I wouldn’t have bought you a present.

I did buy you a present because I knew it was your birthday.

If you had known it was my birthday, would you have bought me a present?

That is the question.

Could

If you had told me earlier, I could/might have got you a present.

Continuous

If I had not been wearing a seat belt, I would have died in the accident.


Here’s another grammar lesson for you to study.

Please take a look at my English courses on curious.com.

Filed Under: B1 (intermediate), B2 (upper-intermediate), Grammar, Video Tagged With: B1 english, B2 english, english grammar, third conditional

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  1. lao sina says

    March 29, 2014 at 3:14 pm

    Good

    Reply
    • Stuart Warren says

      March 29, 2014 at 3:49 pm

      Glad you liked it!

      Reply

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