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Third Conditional and Regret
| condition | result |
| Past Perfect | WOULD HAVE + Past Participle |
If | I had won the lottery | I would have bought a car. |
NB. If + cause, would have p.p + consequence or result.
Look at some more examples in the tables below:
| IF | condition | result |
| past perfect | WOULD HAVE + past participle | |
| If | I had seen Mary | I would have told her. |
| If | Tara had been free yesterday | I would have invited her. |
| If | they had not passed their exam | their teacher would have been sad. |
| If | it had rained yesterday | would you have stayed at home? |
| If | it had rained yesterday | what would you have done? |
| result | IF | condition |
| WOULD HAVE + past participle | past perfect | |
| I would have told Mary | if | I had seen her. |
| I would have invited Tara | if | she had been free yesterday. |
| Their teacher would have been sad | if | they had not passed their exam. |
| Would you have stayed at home | if | it had rained yesterday? |
| What would you have done | if | it had rained yesterday? |
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- If the midfielders the ball more exactly, our team more chances to attack.
- If the forwards faster, they more goals.
- Their motivation if they a goal during the first half.
- The fullbacks one or the other goal if they their opponents.
- If the goalie up, he the ball.
- If the referee the foul, he a penalty kick to our team.
- Our team in better form if they harder the weeks before.
- The game better if the trainer a substitute in during the second half.
- If it a home game, our team the match.
- If our team the match, they up in the league.
wish/if only + past perfect = rgret about the past
wish / if only + cause.
I didn't revise my lessons (cause). I got a bad mark (consequence).
If only I had revised my lessons.= I wish I had revised my lessons.
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