B) Fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the word on the right.
1 Sarah is not very tolerant of people who don't think tolerance the same as she does.
2 Dave always makes a ... contribution to class value
discussions.
3 It is well- ... that women tend to live longer than men. know
4 Lyn thinks she deserves special .... treat
5 Henry wants to finish the project by himself, without
... from anybody. interfere
6 In Britain, it is an ... to sell tobacco to under- offend sixteens.
7 You need ... from the boss if you want a day off authorise
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We use the Third Conditionalfor imaginary situations in the past.
Example: If it had beensunny, we should have gone sailing.
(But it wasn't sunny so we didn't go sailing.) We can also use:
• other medals to show how possible or sure the result was.
Example: If it had been sunny, we couldI might have gone sailing.
• the Perfect Continuous
Example: If I had been feelingtired, I wouldn't have been driving.
• passive forms
Example: The medicine shouldn't have been discoveredif there
hadn't been an accident.
If + Past Perfect would have
+ 3rd form (Past Participle)
Positive If it had beensunny, we would have gonesailing. Negative If I hadn't goneskiing, I wouldn't have brokenmy leg. Question Ifyou had had wouldyou have boughtthe house?
the money,
1 Read each sentence (1-6). Write 'T' for each true sentence (a-f) or 'F' for the false one.
1 If I had had time, I would have watched It's a Wonderful Life.
aII] I didn't have time to watch It's a Wonderful Life.
2 I would have recorded the film if my DVD hadn't broken.
bD I recorded the film.
3 John wouldn't have met Linda if he hadn't gone to his brother's party.
cD John didn't go to the party.
4 John would have been happier if he had become an architect.
d0 John became an architect.
5 The film wouldn't have been so good if James Stewart hadn't played the
part of George Bailey.
e D James Stewart played the part of George Bailey.
6 The enterprise wouldn't have been successful if they hadn't provided
such a strong marketing company.
fD The enterprise isn't successful.
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2 Choose the correct form of the 3rd Conditional.
1 If the Titanic {didn't hit I hadn't hit)an iceberg, it (wouldn't have sunkI
doesn't sink) .
2 If the Aztecs (had defeated I defeated)Cortes' soldiers, the Spanish
(mightn't conquered I mightn't have conquered)Mexico.
3 What (happened I would have happened)if Columbus (thought I had thought)the world was flat?
4 If the Tsar's soldiers (hadn't shot I wouldn't shoot)demonstrating
workers in 1905, there (mightn't been I mightn't have been)a revolution in Russia.
5 John Kennedy (couldn't be assassinated I mightn't have been
assassinated)in 1963 if he (hadn't been travelling I hadn't travelling)
in an open-top car.
3 Write sentences using the 3rd Conditional.
1 I I recognise I you I if I it I not be I dark
I'd have recogn ised you if it hadn't been dark.
2 If I my alarm I not ring I this morning /I / be / late for work
3 If I you I ask I politely /1/lend I you I my car
4 If I we I save I more money I we I might I be able to I afford I a holiday abroad
5 If I you I read I the instructions I you I not break I the washing machine
6 If I you I not remind I me I I I forgot I pay I my tax bill
4 Complete the sentences following one of the patterns for the 3rd Conditional (see 'Grammar Point?.
1 I would have enjoyed the party much more if ... .
2 It ... if the sea hadn't been so rough.
3 Would you have been able to come next Tuesday if ...?
4 If you had taken my advice ... .
5 If I had realised that you were really serious in what you said ... .
6 If it hadn't been for the fact that his father had influence ... .
7 If he had told me the truth in the first place ....
8 Would you have lent him the money if ... ?
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5 Refresh your knowledge of Conditionals I, II, Ill and make up the sentences using the prompts below.
Example: to rain- not to go there
If it rains, I will not go there.
If it rained, I would not go there.
If it had rained, I would not have gone there.
1 to have money -to buy a new car
2 to employ her- not to have the right qualifications