Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
He _______ have helped us if he'd really wanted to.

could

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may

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must

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will

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Solution

The correct option is C could
The correct answer is Option A.
COULD is the past tense of CAN.
It means the ability to do something.
In the given sentence, he was in the position to be able to help us, if he had wanted to.
Thus COULD is the correct answer.
The remaining options are incorrect because:
MAY expresses the possibility.
MUST expresses compulsion.
WILL expresses the future tense.

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