Directions: Choose the phrase which best completes the conditional statement. You would have been happy
Question and options
Directions: Choose the phrase which best completes the conditional statement.
You would have been happy
- if you win the contest.
- if you will win the contest.
- if you had won the contest.
- if you will have won the contest.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - if you had won the contest.
'Would have been' is the result clause of a third (past unreal) conditional, which needs 'if' + past perfect: 'if you had won the contest'. The forms with 'win', 'will win' and 'will have won' belong to real or future conditions and do not fit a past unreal result.
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