Question

Complete the given sentence-
________ he would have signed his name in the corner.
a) If he would have painted the picture
b) If he paints the picture
c) If he painted the picture
d) If he shall paint the picture
e) If he had painted the picture

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence carefully. Try to make out the core meaning of it. Find out the subject, predicate, and object of the given sentence.

Complete answer:
We are provided with an incomplete sentence and five different options. We have to fill in the blank with the correct part of the given sentence. The rest of the sentence conveys that ‘someone must have signed his name in the corner of the painting'.
Now, let us examine all the given options to find out the correct answer :
Option ‘a' – it cannot be the correct answer as we cannot use ‘would have' two times in the same sentence. It would be grammatically incorrect.
Option ‘b’ – it cannot be the correct answer as the tense of this phrase doesn’t align with that of the given sentence.
Option ‘c’ – it cannot be the correct answer as the tense of this phrase doesn’t align with that of the given sentence.
Option ‘d’ – it cannot be the correct answer as we cannot use ‘shall’ in the same sentence where ‘would’ is used. Else, it would be grammatically incorrect.
Option ‘e’ – it is the correct answer as the tense aligns with that of the given sentence, and it also makes sense. Hence, option ‘e’ is the correct option.

Note:
You must check the tense form of the given sentence in order to find out the correct answer. There are three types of tenses – present, past, and future.