If you had left earlier, you ___ the train.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. would have caught
- Step 1: An unreal past condition uses "if + past perfect, ... would have + past participle".
- Step 2: The result clause takes "would have caught".
Answer
would have caught.
Why not the others: will catch, would catch and caught do not fit here.
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