Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option which is grammatically correct and the best version of the underlined part of the sentence.

If a large population were the route to power, India and China would long since have been the world's most powerful countries.

  1. would long since have been the world's most powerful countries.

  2. will long since have been the world's most powerful countries.

  3. long since had been the world's most powerful countries.

  4. would long since be the world's most powerful countries.

  5. were the world's most powerful countries since long.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; the verb is in correct form according to the subordinate verb.

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