CONDITIONAL TYPE 3
The "type 3 conditional" is used to refer to a
time in the past and a situation contrary to reality. It is based on facts that
are opposed to what is being expressed. The conditional type 3 is used to refer
to a past condition that is not real, as well as to its probable outcome in the
past. In these sentences, the clause "if" adopts the "past
perfect" and the main proposition the "perfect conditional".
Proposición "if"
|
Proposición principal
|
If + past perfect
|
perfect conditional o perfect continuous conditional
|
If this thing had happened
|
that thing would have happened. (ninguna de tales cosas
sucedió realmente) O
that thing would have been happening. |
If you had studied harder
|
you would have passed the exam.
|
If it had rained
|
you would have gotten wet.
|
If I had accepted that promotion
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I would have been working in Milan.
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TRAINING
In a conditional sentence of type 3, the verb tense of the
"if" statement is the "past perfect" and that of the main
clause can be the "perfect conditional" or the "perfect
continuous conditional."
Proposición "if"
|
Proposición principal
|
If + past perfect
|
"perfect conditional" o "perfect continuous
conditional"
|
If this thing had happened
|
that thing would have happened.
|
As with all conditional sentences, the order of propositions
is not fixed. It may be necessary to modify pronouns and punctuation by
reverting the order of the clauses but the meaning of the sentence will remain
the same.
EXAMPLES
If it had rained, you
would have gotten wet.
You would have gotten wet if it had rained.
You would
have passed your exam if you had worked harder.
If you had worked harder, you
would have passed your exam.
I would have believed if you had not lied to me
before.
If you had not lied to me before, I would have believed you.
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