The Complete Guide to English Tenses with Infographics
The tenses (different grammar for time) in English can be a little difficult to understand. Here is a complete guide to all 12 major verb tenses in the English language, and conditional sentences. Each verb tense has Infographics and examples to help you understand how the verbs are changed in that tense, and which time each tense is for. There are also examples of the different ways that tense can be used.
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When Do I Use Conditional 3? (if + past perfect, present perfect conditional)
1. Conditional 1 describes unreal situations in the past. These events did not happen, but you want to show what the outcome of an unreal situation in the past. Conditional 3 is often used to talk about things we wish were true, or situations that we are happy are not true. Conditional 3 is made using the word ‘if’ and the past perfect, and then the present perfect conditional.
If Mum and Dad had met in Berlin, I would have been German!
I would have been German if Mum and Dad had met in Berlin!
Would you have been German if your Mum and Dad had met in Berlin?
I wouldn’t (would not) have been German if Mum and Dad had met in Paris.
If it had not rained, the flowers would have died.
The flowers would have died if it had not rained.
Would the flowers have died if it had not rained?
The flowers wouldn’t have died if it hadn’t (had not) rained.
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