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Challenge your English with this quiz on the third conditional!
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The third conditional
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The third conditional
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‘Being sick’ (the condition of illness) is not the same as ‘being sick’ (vomiting)!Question 1 of 8
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If I _______ sick, I would have been able to go to work.
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hadn’t been being
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hadn’t been
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wasn’t going to be sick
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wasn’t
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…but they did change the menu so we didn’t go…Question 2 of 8
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We _______ to that curry restaurant again if they hadn’t changed the menu.
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will have gone
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will go
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would have been going
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would have gone
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I would have saved her if I had been there!Question 3 of 8
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She would have drowned if she _______ able to swim so well.
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hadn’t been
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hadn’t been being
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wouldn’t have been
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wasn’t being
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But unfortunately, you had!Question 4 of 8
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If you _______ the receipt, you could have got a refund for those jeans.
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didn’t throw away
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hadn’t threw away
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hadn’t been throwing away
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hadn’t thrown away
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Why is the past perfect of ‘have’ unusual?Question 5 of 8
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I would have bought that house if I _______ the money.
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have had
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had had
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had been having
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will have had
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The trains _______ running normally if there hadn’t been a strike.Question 6 of 8
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The trains _______ running normally if there hadn’t been a strike.
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will have been
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will be
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would be
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would’ve been
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Third conditionals often only contain ONE instance of ‘would’…Question 7 of 8
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If _______ to the after-show party, you would have met the lead actor.
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you’d come
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you would’ve come
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you’d been coming
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you would’ve been coming
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What’s the contracted form of 3rd person singular past prefect?Question 8 of 8
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The taxi driver would have found the street if _______ his satnav.
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he’ll have used
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he would’ve used
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he’d used
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he will’ve been using
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If I _______ sick, I would have been able to go to work.
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We _______ to that curry restaurant again if they hadn’t changed the menu.
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She would have drowned if she _______ able to swim so well.
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If you _______ the receipt, you could have got a refund for those jeans.
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I would have bought that house if I _______ the money.
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The trains _______ running normally if there hadn’t been a strike.
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If _______ to the after-show party, you would have met the lead actor.
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The taxi driver would have found the street if _______ his satnav.
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