50 Examples of Compound conditional

The perfect conditional is a verb tense used to express actions that have already occurred, hypothetical situations that didn’t happen, or past desires that were impossible to fulfill. For example: If it had been hot yesterday, we would have gone to the club with the kids.

The compound conditional is made up of the conditional of the verb haber + the participle of the main verb:

• More examples in:  Conditional Sentences

Uses of the compound conditional

The compound conditional is used for:

• Expressing a desire or request for an action that didn’t occur. For example:You could havehelped him with the move.
• Describe a hypothetical situation from a past action. For example:If you had come, you would have enjoyedmy grandmother’s pastries.
• Expressing an assumption about something that happened in the past. For example:Do you think I wouldn’t have acceptedthe invitation?
• More examples in:  Simple conditional

Examples of sentences with compound conditional

1. If the alarm clock had gone off, I wouldn’t have fallen
2. You could havehelped your mother with the shopping.
3. I thought it would have beenthe best time for you.
4. If you had tried, you would have beena great dancer.
5. I would have likedto meet her under different circumstances.
6. If it weren’t for the fact that I had to work, I would have goneto dinner with you.
7. I would have invitedthem , but there were no more tickets left for the show.
8. If the teacher had been more demanding, I would not have passedthe exam.
9. I assumed they wouldn’t have wantedto go out for a walk at that hour.
10. You could havewarned me about the situation.
11. If we hadn’t had a flat tire, we would have arrivedon time.
12. You could have behaved during class.
13. If you wanted a movie that made you laugh, you would have seenthe one I recommended.
14. If you hadn’t fired her, she would have explainedto us how the new payroll software the company uses works.
15. If I hadn’t gotten sick, we would have goneto a cabin near the lake for the weekend.
16. If you had gone to the interview, you would have been hiredbecause you are more than qualified for the position.
17. I would have calledyou , but we had no signal.
18. If the day had been nice, we would have goneto see the new park.
19. If I hadn’t failed the exam, I would have attendedthe party, but my parents didn’t let me.
20. It was getting late, otherwise I would have goneto visit my parents, whom I haven’t seen for a long time.
21. If you had gone to the dentist in time, they wouldn’t have pulledyour tooth.
22. In my opinion, if she had gone to the concert, she would have been bored.
23. You could have told me and I would have givenyou the money to fix the car.
24. I would have votedfor your party, but I wasn’t convinced by its educational proposal.
25. If I hadn’t run out of battery, I would have let them knowI was arriving sooner.
26. They should havebehaved better with the nanny.
27. I think the kids had fun at the amusement park, otherwise they would have saidsomething to me.
28. If you had studied hard enough, you wouldn’t have failedthe driving test.
29. With the traffic, I figured you wouldn’t have made itin time.
30. In my opinion, they would have let us knowearlier if they weren’t happy with the proposal.
31. If you hadn’t left the window open, the cat wouldn’t have escaped.
32. The whole place would n’t have burned downif the firefighters had arrived in time.
33. They would have goneto the beach with us if they were bored.
34. If you had behaved properly, I wouldn’t have givenyou a penitence.
35. We wouldn’t have been so boredat the wedding if they had hired a good DJ.
36. If it had rained, we wouldn’t have spentthe whole morning watering the garden.
37. I would n’t have goneto the movies if I had known you were taking me to see a horror movie.
38. If I knew you were a vegetarian I would have putsome vegetables on the grill.
39. If you had told me your parents were in town, I would have goneto say hi.
40. We would have goneskiing, but there wasn’t enough snow.
41. If you had told me you were taking the French exam, I would have helpedyou prepare for it.
42. I didn’t know he was hospitalized, otherwise I would have goneto visit him.
43. If you had warned me, none of this would have happened.
44. If you had done your homework earlier, you would have been ableto go out and play with your friends.
45. My father would have helpedyou , he is a lawyer.
46. If there had been more police presence, the robbery would not have happened.
47. I don’t think he ran a good campaign, otherwise he would have wonthe election.
48. I would have goneto the club with you, but I had to take care of my little brothers.
49. I wasn’t hungry, otherwise I would have boughta sandwich on the way.
50. I would have stoppedby your house, but my car broke down.