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Caught Earlier Train Travelled Past Talking Imagine Impossible

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Keyword would
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence If you would have caught the earlier train, we could have travelled together.
Correct Sentence If you had caught the earlier train, we could have travelled together.
Cloze Error Sentence If you [[would have]] caught the earlier train, we could have travelled together.
Cloze Sentence If you [[had]] caught the earlier train, we could have travelled together.
Cloze Answer had
Choices would have | had
Explanation

When you are talking about the past and you imagine something that is impossible, use the past perfect tense ('had caught') in the if clause (NOT would have ): 'If he hadn't got on the plane, he would still be alive.'

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