Choose the option that correctly completes the conditional sentence:
If the commercial driver had obeyed the speed limit, the fatal road collision _____ averted.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. would have been
- Step 1: A third conditional sentence (past counterfactual) has a past perfect 'if'-clause ('had obeyed').
- Step 2: The main clause must take 'would have + past participle' ('would have been averted').
Answer
would have been.
Why not the others: 'Will have been' is future perfect; 'would be' is second conditional.
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