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Why is here the answer "wouldn't"? Wed Mar 07, 2007 23:46 pm  Why is here the answer "wouldn't"?
 

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #120 "Conditional Tenses", question 6

If he hadn't been driving so fast, he ......... have hit the motorcyclist.

(a) didn't
(b) hadn't
(c) wouldn't
(d) hasn't

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #120 "Conditional Tenses", answer 6

If he hadn't been driving so fast, he wouldn't have hit the motorcyclist.

Correct answer: (c) wouldn't
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I need the answer next to the quetion please.
And why is here the answer "wouldn't" but not "hasn't"?

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Why is here the answer "wouldn't"? Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:08 am  Why is here the answer "wouldn't"?
 

When you finish the test and click on "Check your score", you can find the correct answer in the sentence and also under the sentence.

For this sentence the correct answer is: (c) wouldn't.
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Why is here the answer "wouldn't"? Thu Mar 08, 2007 16:13 pm  Why is here the answer "wouldn't"?
 

Hi Semeo

I see that a second question, a title and your name have been added since you first posted.

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And why is here the answer "wouldn't" but not "hasn't"?

The word hasn't does not work for a couple of reasons.
First of all, it is never grammatically correct to say "hasn't have hit".
Secondly, this sentence is what is often called a 'type three if-sentence'. In such a sentence, you will typically find either the past perfect or the past perfect continuous in the if clause. The test sentence contains the past perfect continuous:
"If he hadn't been driving so fast, ..."

The other half of such a sentence typically contains would + have + past participle. This is what you need in the second half of the test sentence:

"... he wouldn't have hit the motorcyclist."

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