Banking Exams English — Question 1873

Question

Improve the underlined part: 'If I WOULD HAVE KNOWN about the traffic, I would have left earlier.'

  1. would know
  2. have known
  3. had known
  4. No improvement

Correct answer

C — had known

Explanation (English)

This is a third conditional (unreal past). The 'if' clause must use the past perfect: 'If I had known ... I would have left'. 'Would have' in the if-clause is incorrect, so 'had known' is the improvement.

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