Conditional Sentences in Past Unreal Conditional Form

Past Future Perfect Tense + If + Past Perfect Tense

No.	Past Future Perfect Tense	If	Past Perfect Tense
1 2 3 4 5	I would have become a sivil servant We would have come to your party We would have been a rich country The man would not have died She would have invited all friends	if if if if if	I had passed the test last week. our car Tono had not been sick. the Ducth had not coloniazed us. the ambulance had come in time. yesterday had been her birthday.

This pattern is called Conditional Sentences in Past Unreal Conditional form and used to make the assumption that conflict with reality or fact in the past. Somtimes modals “could” is used as a sebstitute“would”.

SHORT CONVERSATIONS:

A         : You could have done the test if you had studied last night.

B          : You’re right. I watched TV, instead.

A         : Where would she has gone if she hadn’t got accident yesterday?

B          : She would has gone to Bali.

A         : Did you come to the meeting?

B         : No, I didn’t. Actually I would have come if my friends hadn’t asked me to go with them.

A         : Did the police manage to arrest the thief?

B          : No, they didn’t. If they had not been late they could have arrested him.

A         : What would your mother have done to you if you had failed on the exams last year?

B          : She would have reprimanded me.

DELAYED SUCCESS

Ruben            : You look very sad. What seems to be the problem?

Adit               : I got D at Biology test yesterday.

Ruben            : If you had studied you would not have failed.

Adit                : Of course, I did.

Ruben            : So what happened?

Adit               : I lost my concentration. If it had not been noisy at home I could have studied better.

Ruben            : Why?

Adit                : My sister invited her friends to celebrate her birthday.

Ruben            : Oh, I see. I failed at the test, too.

Adit                : Really? What seemed to be the reason?

Ruben            : I didn’t have a textbook and my notes were not complete.

Adit                : If you had called me last night I could have come to your house.

Ruben            : And we could have studied together.

Adit                : You’re right. But don’t worry, failure is just delayed success.

Ruben            : I think so.