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Complete the sentences with the correct 3rd conditional form.
If I ____ (know) it was your birthday, I ____ (buy) you a present.
If I had known it was your birthday, I would have bought you a present.
She ____ (pass) the exam if she ____ (study) harder.
She would have passed the exam if she had studied harder.
If they ____ (leave) earlier, they ____ (catch) the bus.
If they had left earlier, they would've caught the bus.
Error correction:
If you wouldn’t have called me, I wouldn’t know about the meeting.
→ Correct the sentence.
If you hadn’t called me, I wouldn’t have known about the meeting.
Rewrite using a 3rd conditional.
He didn’t save any money. He couldn’t travel last summer.
If he had saved some money, he could have travelled last summer.
Rewrite using a 3rd conditional.
I missed the train because I talked to my neighbour for too long
If I hadn’t talked to my neighbour for so long, I wouldn’t have missed the train.
Create a two-clause 3rd conditional sentence to explain this situation:
The project failed because the team didn’t communicate and the deadline wasn’t realistic
If the team had communicated better, and if the deadline had been more realistic, the project wouldn’t have failed.
Explain the consequence using a 3rd conditional:
Your friend forgot to submit their university application on time. How might their life be different now?
→ Write two linked 3rd conditional sentences
If my friend had submitted the application on time, they would have been accepted, and they might have started their degree this year
Combine all three prompts into one complex 3rd conditional sentence:
not checking the weather + planning a picnic + heavy rain ruined everything
If we had checked the weather before planning the picnic, the heavy rain wouldn’t have ruined everything.