Third Conditional

1Công thức

2Giải thích

Câu điều kiện loại 3 diễn tả điều không có thật trong quá khứ và kết quả tưởng tượng của nó, thường để bày tỏ sự tiếc nuối hoặc chỉ trích: If + quá khứ hoàn thành, would have + V3.

Describes imaginary situations in the past and their imagined results, often expressing regret or criticism. The real past situation was the opposite.

Dấu hiệu: if onlyI wish (regret)

3Khi nào dùng

• Imagining a different past
• Expressing regret
• Criticising past actions

4Quy tắc cần nhớ

• Use the past perfect in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause
• Could, might or should can replace would
• Do not use would have in the if-clause (except in some informal American English)

5Ví dụ

• If we had left earlier, we would have caught the train.

• If she hadn't been ill, she could have come with us.

• If I had been paying attention, I might have noticed the mistake.

6Lỗi thường gặp

• If I would have known, I would have helped. (If I had known)
• If I had studied, I would passed. (would have passed)

7Dễ nhầm với

Second ConditionalMixed Conditionals