The document explains the three types of conditionals in English - the first, second, and third conditional. The first conditional uses "if + present/will" to talk about likely future events. The second conditional uses "if + past/would" for unlikely future events. The third conditional uses "if + past perfect/would have" to talk about hypothetical or imagined situations in the past. It provides examples of each conditional and exercises for the reader to practice forming third conditional sentences.

1. THE 3rd CONDITIONAL

2. THE 1st CONDITIONAL
• If it rains tomorrow, I’ll get wet.
It’s cloudy today so it’s likely it’ll rain tomorrow.

3. 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.

4. THE 2nd CONDITIONAL
• If it rained tomorrow, I’d get wet.
I’m in the Sahara and it hardly ever rains.

5. 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.

6. THE 3rd CONDITIONAL
Today it is raining but thankfully, yesterday it
was fine….
Yesterday Today

7. THE 3rd CONDITIONAL
If it had rained yesterday, I would have got wet.
(I cannot change the past…)
Yesterday Today

8. THE 3rd CONDITIONAL
If it had rained yesterday, I would have got wet.
If + past perfect/ would have + past participle
Yesterday Today

9. NOW IT’S
YOUR TURN

10. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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