Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

If you .... me that you had run out of petrol, i would have given you some.

  • A were to tell
  • B tell
  • C have told
  • D would tell
  • E had told
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The correct answer is E. had told

The sentence is in the past unreal conditional form, indicating a hypothetical situation in the past.

Therefore, the correct structure is "If you had told me. ". 

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