The English third conditional in action

This English lesson is about the third conditional (or conditional 3), which is probably the trickiest grammar structure in English. If you’re taking an exam like IELTS, CAE or CPE, this is a really useful conditional to know. You’ll really impress your examiners if you use it correctly! In this video you’ll: - see examples of the third conditional in action in a story. - learn how to form the third conditional and when to use it. 2nd vs 3rd conditional Second and third conditionals are similar because we use them both to talk about imaginary and hypothetical situations. But we use the second conditional to talk about the present and future and the third conditional to talk about the past - an imaginary past that didn’t happen. To learn about other English conditionals, check out this playlist: Make sure you subscribe to this YouTube channel. Facebook Page: Twitter: @vickivideos To get notified by email when we publish a new video, sign up to our mailing list: Visit our website to see our videos with transcripts and much more: There you can get email updates on new videos and live classes and also download a free copy of ’Fix It’, a checklist for correcting common English mistakes We would like to say a big thank you to Super Agent Awesome and his dad for appearing in this video.