Conditional tenses

[Saleh]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #120 "Conditional Tenses", question 10

If only I'd invested in that company, I'd ......... a millionaire by now.

(a) became
(b) have become
(c) had become
(d) would become

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #120 "Conditional Tenses", answer 10

If only I'd invested in that company, I'd have become a millionaire by now.

Correct answer: (b) have become

Your answer was: incorrect
If only I'd invested in that company, I'd became a millionaire by now.
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Hi,
why here i'd have become instead of i'd become?
thanks

[Alan]

Hi,

This sentence is an example of what is called the third conditional or if you like, the least probable:

If I had invested, I would have become.

The one you are referring to is:

If I invested, I would become ... and this is what is called a probable condition.

Alan
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