SECOND CONDITIONAL – use = it’s improbable If + past + would/could + verb Examples: If I were rich, I’d buy a yacht (I’m not rich & will probably never be) Exercise 1: Match the two columns to make sentences A B a She had time b John didn't know this beautiful girl c They spent too much time on the beach d Betty liked exotic food e There was enough snow f You travelled by bus g I had your address She would visit you She wouldn't eat at McDonald's every day He wouldn't invite her out I would send you a postcard It would be cheaper They would get sunburnt You would go skiing Exercise 2: Answer these questions What would you if: • • you found a purse in the street THIRD CONDITIONAL use = it’s impossible; often a regret If + past perfect + would/could have + past participle Examples: If I had known you were in hospital, I would have come to visit you Exercise 1: Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets If David (to go) to the party, he would have met Linda If I had been here earlier, I (to hear) Jack singing You would have been frightened, if .(you, to see) that spider You would have caught the train if .(you, to be) on time at the station If Julie .(to be)careful , she wouldn’t have broken her leg Penny would have been late if she (not to take) a taxi If Bob had made more of an effort, he (not to lose) the tennis match You .(not to fail) your exam if you had studied (Brian/to be)chosen if he had applied for the job? 10 I would have been helped you if you (to ask) me Exercise 2: What would you have done if ……………… your neighbours were playing loud music at 4am last night you had been overcharged at the supermarket last weekend, the waiter had brought you cold soup someone had knocked on your door last week asking for money so they could eat on the bus recently, someone had trodden on your foot and said nothing you had found a purse on the beach with 500€ in it - and an address you had forgotten your best friend's birthday last month