Conditional Type3

Lesson 3: Conditional Type 3

USE:

¢ Often referred to as the "past" conditional because it concerns only past situations with hypothetical results. Used to express a hypothetical result to a past given situation.

Jamila  would have found a new job if she had stayed in Casablanca.

 FORM:

 

¢ Often referred to as the "past" conditional because it concerns only past situations with hypothetical results. Used to express a hypothetical result to a past given situation.

Jamila  would have found a new job if she had stayed in Casablanca.

Exercise 1

 

- Put the verbs in brackets in the right form according to conditional type 3.

1.    If I ............................... (leave) earlier, I ...................................... (not/miss) the train.

2.    If he ............................ (go) to the party, he.................. .................. (have) a great time.

3.    If I............................... (get) married, I ..................................... (have) a lot of children

4.    I ....................................(pass) the exam if I .......................................  (study) harder.

5.    She ................................. (come) here if I ................................................... (call) her.

6.    If you ………………………………….. (apologize), he …………………………….. (forgive) you.

Exercise 2

من أجل التعبير عن   Conditional type 3

ينبغي معرفة السبب والنتيجة reason and result

If clause :  reason  (verb in past perfect)

Main clause: result  (verb in would have + past participle)

- Join these sentences using if and put the verbs in the correct form:

1-    You (work) hard / you (succeed).

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2-   He (be) sad / you (tell) him the news.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

3-   Ahmed (have) time / He (help) you.

……………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………..

4-   You (not have) an accident / you (abide) by the traffic laws.

………………………………………………………………………………………………….;………………

Exercise 3

يطلب عادة إعادة كتابة جملة مبتدأ بكلمة if

لإنجاز هذا التمرين بطريقة صحيحة يجب مراعاة أمرين:
1) معرفة السبب و النتيجة
2) قلب الأفعال from affirmative to negative or from negative to affirmative

Rewrite the following sentences as suggested:

1-    I didn’t invite Samir because I didn’t have his phone number.

If …………………………………………………………………………………………………

2-   Everything went wrong because they didn’t take my advice.

If ………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3-   Taha had an accident because he drove carelessly.

If ………………………………………………………………………………………………….

4-   I didn’t understand because the teacher didn’t explain well.

If ………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5-   His uncle interceded for him. That’s why he got the job.

If …………………………………………………………………………………………………..

See you soon for the key to the 3 exercises. Good luck