Make the conditional
I was bored, so I left class.
If I hadn't been bored, I wouldn't have left class.
If I hadn't lost my phone, I wouldn't have been sad yesterday.
I lost my phone, so I was sad yesterday.
What verb tense do we use in the "if clause" of the third conditional?
past perfect
My mom didn't watch TV because she didn't have time.
My mom would have watched TV if she'd had time.
If you hadn't punched me, I wouldn't have punched you back.
You punched me, so I punched you back.
What's the formula for the "condition clause" of the third conditional?
would have + past participle
I didn't make dinner because there was no food in the fridge.
I would've made dinner if there had been food in the fridge.
If you'd lent me money, I would have been able to pay my parking ticket.
You didn't lend me money, so I wasn't able to pay my parking ticket.
Why do we use the third conditional? What kinds of situations are we talking about? (USE SITUATIONS AND OUTCOMES IN YOUR ANSWER AND TELL ME WHEN!!!)
to talk about unreal situations with unreal outcomes in the past
I didn't begin my homework because I drank too much last night.
I would have begun my homework if I hadn't drunk too much last night.
If the weather had been better, we could have had a barbecue.
The weather was bad, so we didn't have a barbecue
What's the difference between second conditional and third conditional?
Second conditional is about the future or now, third conditional is about the past.
I wanted to swim in the lake, but I didn't wear my swimming shorts to the beach.
I would have swum in the lake if I had worn my swimming shorts to the beach.
Would you have been happy if your parents had bought you an iPhone instead of a Sony for your birthday?
Your parents bought you a Sony for your birthday, so you weren't happy.