Forme
Dans des phrases conditionnelles de type 3, la forme progressive du conditionnel parfait peut être utilisé.
| Proposition introduite par If (condition) | Proposition principale (résultat) |
|---|---|
| If + passé parfait | conditionnel parfait progressif |
| If this thing had happened | that thing would have been happening. |
Fonction
Le conditionnel parfait progressif peut être utilisé dans les phrases conditionnelles de type 3. Il se réfère au résultat non atteint d'une action dans la proposition introduite par if et traduit ce résultat en action inachevée ou continue.
Exemples
- If the weather had been better (but it wasn't), I'd have been sitting in the garden when he arrived (but I wasn't).
- If she hadn't got a job in London (but she did), she would have been working in Paris (but she wasn't).
- If I had had a ball I would have been playing football.
- If I had known it was dangerous I wouldn't have been climbing that cliff.
Conditionnel parfait progressif
Le conditionnel parfait progressif est composé de quatre éléments:
would + have + been + participe présent
Le participe présent est formé en prenant le verbe de base et en ajoutant la terminaison -ing.
| Sujet | + would | + have | + been | + participe présent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He | would | have | been | staying |
| They | would | have | been | going |
To Work: Conditionnel parfait progressif
| Affirmatif | Négatif | Interrogatif | Interrogatif Négatif |
|---|---|---|---|
| I would have been living | I wouldn't have been living | Would I have been living? | Wouldn't I have been living? |
| You would have been living | You wouldn't have been living | Would you have been living? | Wouldn't you have been living? |
| He would have been living | He wouldn't have been living | Would he have been living? | Wouldn't he have been living? |
| She would have been living | She wouldn't have been living | Would she have been living? | Wouldn't she have been living? |
| We would have been living | We wouldn't have been living | Would we have been living? | Wouldn't we have been living? |
| They would have been living | They wouldn't have been living | Would they have been living? | Wouldn't they have been living? |