Multiple choice

Directions: Two sentences marked A and B are given below. Mark your answer as:

(A) if only A is correct (B) if only B is correct (C) if both A and B are correct (D) if both A and B are wrong

(A) I used my computer; otherwise I would have taken many more hours. (B) I used my computer; otherwise I would have had taken many more hours.

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Sentence A correctly uses 'otherwise I would have taken' showing past unreal conditional. Sentence B incorrectly says 'would have had taken' - this is grammatically wrong because after 'would have' we only use the past participle (taken), not 'had + past participle.' The perfect conditional 'would have taken' is correct.

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