Multiple choice

It's snowing.  If it _____(be, snow), I ______(be, swim) at the beach.

  1. is snowing / am swimming

  2. had snowed / had been swimming

  3. is not snowing / am not swimming

  4. weren't snowing / would be swimming
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Explanation

The sentence describes a hypothetical alternative to the present reality. To express this, we use the second conditional with a past subjunctive/continuous form ("weren't snowing") in the "if" clause and "would be" + present participle ("would be swimming") in the main clause.

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