Select the option that correctly completes the conditional statement:
If the government _______ strict regulatory measures earlier, the financial crisis would have been averted.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. had enacted
- Step 1: Identify the conditional type from the result clause: 'would have been averted' indicates a Third Conditional sentence describing an unreal past situation.
- Step 2: The 'if'-clause in a Third Conditional requires the Past Perfect tense in active voice: 'had' + past participle ('had enacted').
Answer
had enacted.
Why not the others: 'Enacted' creates a mixed conditional that is ungrammatical here; 'Would enact' introduces 'would' incorrectly into the if-clause; 'Had been enacted' is passive voice where an active subject ('the government') requires active verb.
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