THE 3rd CONDITIONAL

THE 1st CONDITIONAL

• If it rains tomorrow, I’ll get wet.

It’s cloudy today so it’s likely it’ll rain tomorrow.

THE 1st CONDITIONAL

• If it rains tomorrow, I’ll get wet.

If + present/ will+ infinitive

We use the 1st conditional if the situation is likely.

THE 2nd CONDITIONAL

• If it rained tomorrow, I’d get wet.

I’m in the Sahara and it hardly ever rains.

THE 2nd CONDITIONAL

• If it rained tomorrow, I’d get wet.If + past/ would + infinitive

We use the 2nd conditional if the situation is unlikely.

THE 3rd CONDITIONAL

Today it is raining but thankfully, yesterday it was fine….

Yesterday Today

THE 3rd CONDITIONAL

If it had rained yesterday, I would have got wet.(I cannot change the past…)

Yesterday Today

THE 3rd CONDITIONAL

If it had rained yesterday, I would have got wet.If + past perfect/ would have + past participle

Yesterday Today

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN

All of the following pictures are of past situations. Can you think of a 3rd conditional sentence to

change the outcome.

• E.g. If he hadn’t…, he wouldn’t have…

After each picture is a 3rd conditional sentence. Is it the same as yours?

• If it hadn’t been windy, these umbrellas wouldn’t have broken.

• If she’d worn warmer clothes, she wouldn’t have caught a cold.

• If she hadn’t gone to that hairdresser’s, she wouldn’t have had such a terrible haircut.

• If they hadn’t bought a lottery ticket, they wouldn’t have won.

• If Octopus Paul hadn’t predicted Spain’s victory, the Spanish team wouldn’t have won.

• … and if you hadn’t done this activity, you wouldn’t have practised the 3rd conditional!