Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into three parts and labelled (a), (b) and (c). Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as (d).

(a) The doctors would have called (b) by now if they would have (c) finished the operation. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) “If they had…” This is a third conditional sentence and its format is would/wouldn't have + V3 + if + past perfect. In if clause we cannot use would have. We need to use past perfect form.

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