If he had gone to Agra, he _____ the Taj Mahal.
5Q:
If he had gone to Agra, he _____ the Taj Mahal.
- 1have been seenfalse
- 2sawfalse
- 3had been seenfalse
- 4would have seentrue
- Show Answer
- Workspace
Answer : 4. "would have seen"
Explanation :
• The correct tense to be applied in this sentence is “would have seen”
• The third conditional form of the sentence is used to discuss a hypothetical previous circumstance and its potential outcome.
• The past perfect tense of the “if-clause” in this sentence (had gone) denotes that the situation did not actually occur.
• The conditional perfect tense (would have seen), which denotes a hypothetical outcome in the past if the fictitious circumstance had occurred, is thus necessary for
the main phrase.
Example: I would have received a better grade on the exam if/ had studied harder.
• The speaker is imagining a scenario in which they didn’t put enough effort into their studies, which led to a poorer grade.
• Therefore, the complete sentence is: If he had gone to Agra, he would have seen the Taj Mahal.