Conditional Type 3: Usage and Detailed If Type 3 Exercises

1. Conditional Type 3 - What is If Type 3?

Conditional Type 3 is used to describe an action or event that did not happen in the past because the condition mentioned in the past was not fulfilled. Therefore, when someone uses conditional type 3, it means they are regretting something that could not happen.

Type 3 If is similar to other types of conditional sentences, consisting of a conditional clause and a main clause, where the conditional clause is 'if' and the main clause is the result clause. These two clauses can be swapped in the sentence without changing the meaning.

2. Usage of Type 3 If Conditionals

Here are three main usages of Type 3 conditional sentences that you must know:

• Câu điều kiện loại 3 dùng để diễn tả về một giả thiết cho các sự việc, hành động không thể xảy ra ở thời điểm quá khứ.
• Câu điều kiện loại 3 dùng “might” để diễn tả sự việc, hành động tuy không chắc chắn nhưng có thể đã xảy ra ở quá khứ.
• Câu điều kiện loại 3 dùng “could” để diễn tả sự việc, hành động đủ điều kiện để có thể xảy ra trong thời điểm quá khứ nếu như các điều kiện được đề cập tới đó xảy ra.

Example:

• If my sister had seen him then, she would have invited him to her birthday party. (Nếu chị gái tôi nhìn thấy anh ấy vào lúc đó, chị tôi đã mời anh ấy tới bữa tiệc sinh nhật.)→ Hành động “mời anh ấy tới bữa tiệc sinh nhật” đã không thể xảy ra bởi vì điều kiện “nhìn thấy anh ấy” không xảy ra.
• If I had learned harder, I might have passed my exam. (Nếu tôi chăm học hơn, tôi có thể vượt qua kì thi của tôi.) → Sự việc “vượt qua kì thi” không chắc chắn là xảy ra ở quá khứ kể cả điều kiện “chăm học hơn” là có thật.
• If my mother had enough money, she could have bought the laptop for me. (Nếu mẹ tôi có đủ tiền, mẹ tôi đã có thể mua máy tính mới cho tôi.) → Việc “mua máy tính mới” đã đủ điều kiện xảy ra nếu như điều kiện được nhắc tới “đủ    tiền” xuất hiện.

3. Structure in Type 3 Conditional Sentences

Mệnh đề if:

Mệnh đề chính:

Lưu ý:

As we know, 'd is an abbreviation for the words 'would' and 'had'. However, if the contraction 'd appears in the if clause of a type 3 conditional sentence, it means 'had' rather than 'would'.

Tham khảo:

• Thì hiện tại đơn
• Thì quá khứ đơn
• Bảng chữ cái tiếng Anh

4. Inverted Form of Type 3 If

Công thức câu điều kiện loại 3:

Đảo ngữ câu điều kiện loại 3:

5. Exercises on Type 3 Conditional Sentences

Verb conjugation in brackets with type 3 conditionals

• 1. If she had heard her idol was in the concert, she (go) _____________ to see him.
• 2. I did not see you at school yesterday. If I had seen you, I (talk) _____________  with you.
• 3. My sister did not go to the cinema with her friends yesterday. She (go) _____________ if she had not been so exhausted.
• 4. He (not/ leave) _____________  home if his dad had not hit him.
• 5. If Misa had had a car yesterday, she (not/ walk) _____________ to work.
• 6. The view of the restaurant was beautiful. If I had had a phone, I (take) _____________ some pictures.
• 7. He was not hungry. If he had been hungry, he (eat) _____________ some food.
• 8. If my older brother had gone to the university, he (learn) _____________  art. She likes painting a lot.
• 9. If I had known how to ride a bike, I (ride) _____________  when we went to the mountain.
• 10. If he had given his address to me, I (find) _____________  his house faster.
• 11. If the weather (be) _____________   beautiful, we (play) _____________   soccer.
• 12. If they (go) _____________ to a restaurant, they (have) _____________ a wonderful dinner.

Exercise Answers

• 1. would have gone
• 2. would have talked
• 3. would have gone
• 4. would not have left
• 5. would not have walked
• 6. would have taken
• 7. would have eaten
• 8. would have learned
• 9. would have ridden
• 10. would have found
• 11. had been/would have played
• 12. had gone/would have had