This is a grammar focused lesson using the Third Conditional for ADULT ESL students. It is designed for students who are intermediate level and above. The lesson is based on a text that demonstrates ...

We use the third conditional when we want to imagine a different past to that which actually occurred. In this episode of the flatmates, Sophie says the following to Alice. "We wouldn't have had ...

With the third conditional, Elena, we are often talking about something that might have happened, but didn't. As your example illustrates, when we are discussing such past situations we normally use ...