Grammar
Tense: Would have- Grammar in use
1st Part
Grammar in use
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Form
3rd Part
To be
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Drills
1st Part
Grammar in use
- Topic : Past conditional / Conditional perfect
- Skills : Grammar
Use
ENONCIATION : PASSE
IREEL DU PASSE: passé non réalisé/ ou hypothétique
WOULD + HAVE + BV – Past participle
| FOCUS ON | ACTIONS |
|---|---|
| In conditional clauses, it describes an event that did not happen although it might have happened if the circumstances had been different. | If you had told the truth , I would have forgiven you. . (I don’t forgive you now ) |
| Expression du passé non réalisé (comme le conditionnel passé français) | I f I had known you were coming, I would have baked a cake. |
| Regrets Expression du regret | I would have called you back , but my phone battery died. |
Emploi le plus frequent:
IF + PAST PERFECT ⇒ WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
I you HAD KNOWN sooner, you WOULD HAVE WORKED longer for the exam