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Third Conditional — The Game That Built Slack

Grammar: Conditionals

Free ESL grammar exercise on third conditional themed around the game that built slack. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.

What's on this worksheet

A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising conditionals. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

"If we had stayed with Glitch, we would have run out of money by February," Butterfield told investors. Later he reflected: "If we hadn't needed to coordinate across three cities, we would never have built the thing at all."

Grammar: Conditionals

Third conditional
If Butterfield had stayed with Glitch, Slack would never have existed. — past unreal: if + past perfect,

Sample items

  1. If the founders ______ the burn rate earlier, they would have extended their runway by at least four months.
  2. The product would never have reached product-market fit if the team ______ the user feedback in the first six weeks.
  3. Had the co-founder tension ______ earlier, the minimum viable product would have shipped on schedule.

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