Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap. I would have been surprised if you ____________ the orange.

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Use of English - 2018 Subject: English Language

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Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap.

I would have been surprised if you ____________ the orange.

plucked

did pluck

have plucked

had plucked

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The best word(s) or phrase(s) to fill the gap is "had plucked". Explanation: The sentence is written in the past tense and has a hypothetical tone, indicating that the speaker was imagining a scenario in which the person in question plucked the orange. The use of "would have been surprised" implies that the scenario being discussed did not actually happen. To reflect the hypothetical and past-tense nature of the sentence, the past perfect tense "had plucked" is the most appropriate choice.

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