Explanation of the Conditional III

[aashka]

Test No. incompl/elem-11 "Conditionals", question 3

If you ......... got that job, would you have been able to move to a new house?

(a) have
(b) had
(c) will have

Test No. incompl/elem-11 "Conditionals", answer 3

If you had got that job, would you have been able to move to a new house?

Correct answer: (b) had

Your answer was: incorrect
If you have got that job, would you have been able to move to a new house?
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why answer is had, not have??

[Torsten]

Because this is the structure of the conditional III:

IF + condition + result

IF + past perfect + would have + past participle

Had is part of the past perfect construction in the condition clause. If you want to see the conditionals in practice please read this story by Alan Townend:
ESL Lesson / Conditionals
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[Olga Lucia Hopper]

I am from a lating country and I am learning English, but I think you guys made a mistake the conditional III for this would be:

If you had gotten that job, would you....?

instead of what you say

If you had got that job, would you....?

Olga Lucia Hopper

[Alan]

Hi Olga Lucia Hopper,

It's not really a question of right or wrong. Both forms of the past participle are used. Gotten is used in North America.

Alan
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[Guest]

Hi Alan:

I am confused, based on your answer, It's right if I say (in UK) I had forgot .... ??
Olga Lucia Hopper

[Alan]

Hi,

That's not what i said. I was talking about get not forget.

Alan
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[Mister Micawber]

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However, forgot is indeed also an acceptable past participle, Olga-- chiefly US, as the Oxford says.
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[Saneta]

If you had got that job, would you have been able to move to a new house? had got is a Past Perfect from the verb: get, right? get changes to got?

[Mister Micawber]

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That's right.
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[Lizzette]

Hi every body!!!

Is this the correct verb: Had got? or had gotten?

Thank you.

[Mister Micawber]

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Both are fine.
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[Alfwm]

It's not really a question of right or wrong. Both forms of the past participle are used. Gotten is used in North America.

Alan[/quote]

If that is so, why don't you use the american form. There are many difficulties in the tests, and we spend time thinking if that's right or wrong
Thanks a lot.

[Amalmusica]

hii ,
I just thought about like a future action when i saw "would you have been" in the second part of the sentence.
thus i wrote like,
"If you will have got that job, would you have been able to move to a new house?"
please correct me why is it wrong?

Amal.

[Mister Micawber]

Alfwm: Either form is correct, and that is something you have just learned, so there is no need for you to think about that any more.

Amal: The tenses of your sentence do not make sense, particularly because we do not normally use 'will' in if-clauses, so; nevertheless, a past action cannot depend on a future action, in life or in grammar.
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