Question

Fill in the blank using appropriate tense forms from the options given.
If I ___________ you I wouldn't dye my hair blue.

• A. An
• B. Was
• C. Had been
• D. Were

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Were

This sentence is an example of a second conditional sentence which is used to express outcomes that are completely unrealistic or will not likely happen in the future and we use the simple past tense in the if-clause and an auxiliary modal verb (e.g., could, should, would, might) in the main clause.

According to this rule, the correct answer to this question is option D as it is in the simple past tense and we use 'I were' when are describing a hypothetical situation.

Option A is incorrect because 'an' is an article that is used before nouns starting with a vowel sound and it would be grammatically incorrect if used in the sentence.

Option B is incorrect because we use 'I was' to talk about something presumed true in the past but that is not so the case in this sentence.

Option C is incorrect because it is in the past perfect tense.