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The third conditional

Learning English Grammar

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How to Make a Third Conditional Sentence

In standard English, there's only one word in a third conditional sentence. We don't use would in the ith part. If Tom had said sorry, Sonia would have forgiven him. It's made of if plus the past perfect tense and would have plus the past participle. There's more about this on our website at bbclearningenglish.com.

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