Read the sentences about what actually happened. Then write sentences about how things might have been different. Use the third conditional.
1 We turned left and we got lost.
If we hadn't turned left, we wouldn't have got lost.
2 I didn't go by train because the ticket was so expensive.
3 I didn't meet you at the airport because I didn't know when you were arriving.
4 We stopped at the service station because we were nearly out of petrol.
5 I wasn't late for the meeting because I took a taxi.
6 I bought the tickets on the train because there wasn't a ticket office at the station.
2 I didn't go by train because the ticket was so expensive.
(Tôi không đi tàu hỏa vì vé quá đắt.)
Đáp án: If the ticket hadn't been so expensive, I would have gone by train.
(Nếu vé không quá đắt, tôi đã đi bằng tàu hỏa.)
3 I didn't meet you at the airport because I didn't know when you were arriving.
(Tôi không gặp bạn ở sân bay vì tôi không biết khi nào bạn đến.)
Đáp án: If I had known when you were arriving, I would have met you at the airport.
(Nếu tôi biết khi bạn đến, tôi sẽ gặp bạn ở sân bay.)
4 We stopped at the service station because we were nearly out of petrol.
(Chúng tôi dừng lại ở trạm dịch vụ vì chúng tôi gần hết xăng.)
Đáp án: If we hadn't been nearly out of petrol, we wouldn't have stopped at the service station.
(Nếu chúng tôi không gần hết xăng, chúng tôi sẽ không dừng lại ở trạm dịch vụ.)
5 I wasn't late for the meeting because I took a taxi.
(Tôi không bị trễ cuộc họp vì tôi đã đi taxi.)
Đáp án: If I hadn't taken a taxi, I would have been late for the meeting.
(Nếu tôi không đi taxi, tôi sẽ bị trễ cuộc họp.)
6 I bought the tickets on the train because there wasn't a ticket office at the station.
(Tôi đã mua vé trên tàu vì không có phòng vé ở nhà ga.)
Đáp án: If there had been a ticket office at the station, I wouldn't have bought the tickets on the train.
(Nếu có một phòng bán vé ở nhà ga, tôi sẽ không mua vé trên tàu.)
