Multiple choice

Select the correct option for the following incorrect sentence.

If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we shall catch the bus.

  1. If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we can catch the bus.

  2. If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we shall have caught the bus.

  3. If only we had reached two minutes earlier, we would have caught the bus.

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Here, the sentence presents an imagined situation of the past and we use would/could/should have to tell about the possible outcome if things had been according to the imagined situation. 

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