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    Past conditional (English exercise n°4255 - Please quote this number when contacting us)


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    Past conditional

    Le conditionnel passé

     

    > On exprime le conditionnel passé en utilisant le modal 'would' devant un infinitif passé (= 'have' + participe passé). Cette construction sert à parler d'occasions manquées et d'hypothèses passées:

    She told me that she would have liked to come and see us. (Elle m'a dit qu'elle aurait voulu venir nous voir.)
    In your position, I would have done the same thing. (A votre place, j'aurais fait la même chose.)

     

    > On le trouve souvent dans des constructions hypothétiques avec 'if'. Lorsque 'if' est suivi du plus-que-parfait on s'attend au conditionnel passé dans la deuxième proposition :

    If you had told me the truth, I would have believed you. (Si tu m'avais dit la vérité, je t'aurais crue.)
    If he had worked harder, he'd have received a better grade. (S'il avait travaillé plus dur, il aurait reçu une meilleure note.)

     


    > Notez : Dans certaines régions des Etats-Unis, on entend le conditionnel passé dans les deux propositions d'une phrase hypothétique :

    If you would have told me he was going to win, I wouldn't have believed you. (Vous m'auriez dit qu'il allait gagner, je ne vous aurais pas cru.)

     > EXERCICE: Compléter ces phrases avec le verbe conjugué au bon temps (conditionnel passé + structure hypothétique s'il y en a une):





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    If you (study) hard, you (pass) your exam.
    He told me that he (like) to come to the USA with us.
    If he (be) there, he (be) happy to go to the pictures with you.







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