Port vocabulary

Conditionals

 

Third Conditional

third conditional
Past Perect
Would + have + past participle
If the ship had had enough lifeboats nobody would have died

Facts: There weren't enough lifeboats. Many people died.
Speculation 1: if there had been enough lifeboats, nobody would have died.

Speculation 2: if the coastguards had known the ship was sinking, it would have been rescued.

Use the third conditional to speculate about something that happened in the past and how it could have been different.
RULES

You can't use "would have" after "if"
Ex: If he had seen her... NOT: If he would have seen her

You can use "could/might" instead of "would" (less likely)
Ex: If the coastguards had known the ship was sinking, they could have rescued everybody
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