Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap. I would have been surprised if you ____________ the orange

  • A plucked
  • B have plucked
  • C had plucked
  • D did pluck
jamb 2018english-language

The correct answer is C. had plucked

'Would have' is used in conditional statements to talk about something that did not happen in the past. In the sequence of tenses, if the main clause contains 'would have', the conditional subordinate clause should be in its past participle.

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