Fill in the blanks.
1. You ............................. if you had tried a little harder.
Correct!
Wrong!
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would/could/might + have + past participle in the main clause.
2. If she .......................... nice, I would have asked her out.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. If I ................................ his address, I could have written to him.
Correct!
Wrong!
The third conditional is used to talk about impossible or imaginary situations.
4. If I ............................ the lottery, I could have bought a nice car and a home.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. I might have bought that house if it ......................... a little larger.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. I would not have walked all the way to the post office if I ............................. that it was closed.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. I would have spent more time with my friend if I ........................... that she was terminally ill.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. She .................................. if you had asked more politely.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. If you ........................... more careful, you would not have dropped that vase.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. I ................................ him some money if I had known that he was in difficulty.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. If you had followed the instructions, you ................................ so many silly mistakes.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. If she ........................ prompt treatment, her health would not have deteriorated.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- You could have won if you had tried a little harder.
- If she had been nice, I would have asked her out.
- If I hadn’t lost his address, I could have written to him.
- If I had won the lottery, I could have bought a nice car and a home.
- I might have bought that house if it had been a little larger.
- I would not have walked all the way to the post office if I had known that it was closed.
- I would have spent more time with my friend if I had known that she was terminally ill.
- She would not have refused if you had asked more politely.
- If you had been more careful, you would not have dropped that vase.
- I would have lent him some money if I had known that he was in difficulty.
- If you had followed the instructions, you would not have made so many silly mistakes.
- If she had sought prompt treatment, her health would not have deteriorated.
