Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
______ they left early, they would have reached by now.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is "Had".
Key Points
- The most appropriate word to fill in the blank is "Had".
- In this sentence, we are talking about a hypothetical or unreal situation in the past.
- The correct construction for such situations is the third conditional. But the "If" clause is omitted in the given sentence.
- Structure: past perfect (Had + past participle), + conditional perfect (would have + past participle).
- The past perfect tense in the dependent clause and the conditional perfect (would have + past participle) in the main clause.
Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 2".
Correct Sentence: Had they left early, they would have reached by now.
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