✍️Third Conditional
🎯B2 Level ESL Exercise - Sentence Building
💡Build correct sentences using the Third Conditional. Use the words provided in the prompts to create grammatically correct sentences.
💭Remember:
- Structure: If + past perfect, would/wouldn't have + past participle
- Use: To talk about hypothetical situations in the past (things that didn't happen)
- Questions: Would + subject + have + past participle + if + past perfect?
1️⃣Exercise 1
Prompt: passed / would / the / exam / studied / if / she / harder / have / had
✓ Correct answer: If she had studied harder, she would have passed the exam.
2️⃣Exercise 2
Prompt: missed / train / the / wouldn't / had / left / earlier / have / if / we
✓ Correct answer: If we had left earlier, we wouldn't have missed the train.
3️⃣Exercise 3
Prompt: got / if / they / had / the / tickets / concert / to / gone / would / have
✓ Correct answer: If they had got tickets, they would have gone to the concert.
4️⃣Exercise 4
Prompt: have / done / would / what / you / had / studied / if / medicine / you
✓ Correct answer: What would you have done if you had studied medicine?
5️⃣Exercise 5
Prompt: been / cold / wouldn't / so / a / taken / jacket / had / if / I / have
✓ Correct answer: If I had taken a jacket, I wouldn't have been so cold.
6️⃣Exercise 6
Prompt: finished / on / the / if / time / had / they / worked / would / have / project
✓ Correct answer: If they had worked, they would have finished the project on time.
7️⃣Exercise 7
Prompt: helped / you / would / had / known / if / problem / I / the / your / have
✓ Correct answer: Would I have helped you if I had known your problem?
8️⃣Exercise 8
Prompt: broken / wouldn't / the / if / glass / children / careful / been / have / had
✓ Correct answer: If the children had been careful, they wouldn't have broken the glass.
9️⃣Exercise 9
Prompt: job / gotten / she / would / had / if / applied / have / the / she
✓ Correct answer: If she had applied, she would have gotten the job.
🔟Exercise 10
Prompt: won / match / if / team / the / played / have / had / better / the / would
✓ Correct answer: Would the team have won the match if they had played better?
Review the correct answers shown in green below each exercise!