IPMAT Rohtak 2019
VA
Grammar
Conceptual
In the question given below, a part of the sentence is italicised and underlined. Below are given alternatives tothe italicised part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvementis needed, option 'D' is the answer.
If he would have tried, he would have succeeded.
If he would have tried, he would have succeeded.
Correct Option: 3
"is tried" - Present tense is incorrect for past conditional"was tried" - Simple past doesn't fit this conditional structure"had tried" - Correct for past unreal conditionals (third conditional)
Here are the conditional structures with their basic forms:Zero Conditional: If + present simple, present simple"If you heat ice, it melts"First Conditional: If + present simple, will + verb"If you study hard, you will pass"Second Conditional: If + past simple, would + verb"If I had money, I would travel"Third Conditional: If + past perfect, would have + past participle"If I had studied, I would have passed"
Here are the conditional structures with their basic forms:Zero Conditional: If + present simple, present simple"If you heat ice, it melts"First Conditional: If + present simple, will + verb"If you study hard, you will pass"Second Conditional: If + past simple, would + verb"If I had money, I would travel"Third Conditional: If + past perfect, would have + past participle"If I had studied, I would have passed"
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