1
Complete the third conditional sentences with the correct form of the
verbs.
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If I’d known about the concert, I
would have told (tell)
you.1 You’d have passed the exam if you ______________________ (not make) mistakes.
2 If I ______________________ (not go) to the café, I wouldn’t have met Tina.
3 I ______________________ (come) with you to the cinema if I hadn’t had so much homework.
4 If we ______________________ (score) that goal, we would have won the match.
5 The police ______________________ (not catch) the thief if he hadn’t fallen over.
Online exercise:
Third conditional exercise
Gerunds and infinitives
2 Choose the
correct forms.
1_ Meeting
/ To meet my friends is always good fun.
2_ It
would be nice going / to go out tonight.
3_ I tend
getting / to get nervous before exams.
4_ They
regret not studying / not to study harder at school.
5_ I’d
prefer not cook / not to cook tonight.
6_ He
doesn’t feel like to work / working today.
7 What do
you want doing / to do tonight?
- The police accused him of _____________(steal) the money from the house.
- She didn't like __________(leave) the children alone but she had no choice.
- My father taught me _____________(ride) a bike.
- _____________(sunbathe) is not good for your skin.
- She apologised for ______________(borrow) the book without permission.
- It was difficult _____________(obtain) his permission.
- Before ______________(leave) the house, I always check everything.
- We have decided ____________(travel) to Australia.
- They don't mind ___________(wait) outside.
- It's incredible ____________(be) here.
- We are always excited about _______________(climb) the mountain.
- I miss _____________(study) at university.
Answers
1 hadn’t
made
4 had scored
2 hadn’t gone 5 wouldn’t have caught
3 would have come
2 hadn’t gone 5 wouldn’t have caught
3 would have come
1
Meeting
4 not studying 7 to do
2 to go 5 not to cook
3 to get 6 working
2 to go 5 not to cook
3 to get 6 working
Exercise 3
- stealing
- leaving
- to ride
- sunbathing
- borrowing
- to obtain
- leaving
- to travel
- waiting
- to be
- climbing
- studying