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English Grammar Exercises for B1- Third conditional (2)

5 exercices

1. Match the sentence halves.

  • 1)
    I would have been able to get some money out
  • 2)
    If you hadn’t waited until the sales,
  • 3)
    Wendy wouldn’t have lent him the money
  • 4)
    She would have had a coffee
  • 5)
    If we’d saved some money,
  • 6)
    If she hadn’t had the receipt,
  • a)
    if she’d had some small change for the machine.
  • b)
    if she’d known he wasn’t going to pay her back.
  • c)
    we’d have been able to afford a new car.
  • d)
    if I hadn’t forgotten my PIN number.
  • e)
    you’d have paid more for your skirt.
  • f)
    she wouldn’t have got a refund on the trousers.

2. Use the words to make third conditional sentences. Remember to use a comma (,) where necessary.

  • 1)
    If / Beth / not spend / all her pocket money / she / be able to / buy / a new phone
  • 2)
    If / we / go / to the right gate / we / not miss / the flight
  • 3)
    I / run out / of petrol / if / I / not find / a petrol station
  • 4)
    He / buy / the suit / if / it / not be out of stock
  • 5)
    They / not fall out / if / he / pay / her back on time
  • 6)
    If / you / shop around / you / find / a cheaper jacket.

3. Rewrite the two sentences as one. Use the third conditional.

  • 1)
    They didn’t advertise the concert. It wasn’t full.
  • If they had advertised the concert, it would have been full.
  • 2)
    I wasted my money. I’ve been in debt all my life.
  • 3)
    She had plastic surgery. She became more confident.
  • 4)
    He didn’t remember his credit card. He paid in cash.
  • 5)
    The webcam was broken. I took it back to the shop.
  • 6)
    The shop didn’t order enough high-heeled boots. It sold out.

4. Read Becky’s regrets and complete the sentences.

  • I didn’t study much at school, so I didn’t pass my exams. It was difficult to find a job because I didn’t have any qualifications. I got married very young and I made the wrong decision. I had three children so I stayed at home and didn’t work. I got divorced when the children were small so I went to live with my mother. I didn’t meet another partner because I wasn’t able to go out. I never went abroad because I was always broke. I’ve had a hard life.
  • 1)
    If she more at school, she her exams.
  • 2)
    If she some qualifications, she a job more easily.
  • 3)
    If she so young, she the wrong decision.
  • 4)
    She at home if she three children.
  • 5)
    She to live with her mother if she divorced.
  • 6)
    If she to go out, she another partner.
  • 7)
    She abroad if she broke.

5. Challenge!

  • Challenge!
  • Have you got any regrets about your education, your friends or your family? Write about them here using the third conditional.

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  4. 4Examinez les erreurs et essayez des exercices similaires
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