Multiple choice

Directions: Given below is a sentence with an underlined part. The underlined part may or may not have an error. Choose the best option to replace the underlined part to make the sentence correct. If the underlined part is correct as it is, mark (1) as your answer.

Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.

  1. be generated if a portion of the capital would have been

  2. have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been

  3. be generated if a portion of the capital were

  4. be generated if a portion of the capital was

  5. be generated if a portion of the capital had been

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is a conditional sentence. To refer to the conditions, we use 'were'.