Circle the correct answer

0 If I am /were you, I’d talk to somebody who’s doing that course.

1 If I know / knew somebody on that course, I’d ask them about it.

2 I’ll /’d help you with your application form if you bring it round next week.

3 Saturday’s not a good day. I won’t be here if there ’s / was a football match.

4 I ’ll /’d spend a lot of time on it if I were you.

5 You won’t get a place if you apply / applied late, so don’t think about it for too long.

6 If you don’t / didn’t like the course, you can change to another one.

7 If the college were nearer town, it will / would be a lot easier to get to.

8 My journey ’ll / would take ages if Tom didn’t give me a lift, so I’m very lucky.

The third conditional

• We use the third conditional to talk about possible events in the past that didn’t happen. To form third conditional sentences, we use if+ past perfect + would have + past participle: If we’d set out earlier, we would have arrived on time. (= We didn’t set out early and we didn’t arrive on time.) If you’d told me about the party, I would have come. (= You didn’t tell me about the party and I didn’t come.)

• We can also use could have or might have:If I’d known you were in town, I could have met you. If she’d worked harder, she might have passed her exam.

• We use the past perfect (not would have) in the //clause: If you’d invited me, would have come. (Not If you would have invited me, I would have come.)

Complete the third conditional sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

0 If we’d planned it carefully, we...... wouldn’t have had...... so many problems.(not have)

1 You it........................... it if you’d come. (enjoy)

2 I........................... you if you’d asked me. (tell)

3 If he hadn’t given us a map, we........................... the hostel, (not find)

4 He would have come to the party if she........................... him. (invite)

5 We wouldn’t have minded if you........................... your friends, (bring)

6 If we........................... our tickets yesterday, we wouldn’t have got any. (not buy)

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the verbs in brackets.

0 I’m sure we didn’t play well because we hadn’t trained enough, (would)

If we........... had trained................ more, we............ would have played............... better.

1 I had a chance to score, but I didn’t because I missed the ball. (might)

I........................... if I........................... the ball.

2 Our best player didn’t play because he was ill. (could)

If our best player........................... ill, he............................

3 I felt tired because I hadn’t slept well the night before. (wouldn’t)

I........................... tired if I........................... better the night before.

4 I didn’t tell my friends about the match, so they didn’t come. (might)

My friends........................... if I........................... them about the match.

5 We didn’t beat them because they ran too fast. (could)

If they........................... so fast, we........................... them.