GATE ECE 2015 Set 3 | GA | Question: 1

Question

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence.

If the athlete had wanted to come first in the race, he ________________ several hours every day.

• A. should practise 
• B. should have practised
• C. practised
• D. should be practising

Answer 1

(B) should have practised.

Sentence is in past tense and to talk about something previous we need past perfect tense.

Comments

1. The sentence is using the third conditional structure, which expresses a hypothetical past situation and its imagined result.
2. The phrase "If the athlete had wanted" indicates a past unreal condition.
3. The main clause should use "would have + past participle" or, in this case, "should have + past participle" to show what the athlete needed to do in the past but didn't.
4. "Should have practised" implies that the athlete did not actually practice several hours every day, which is why they didn't come first in the race.

reference: https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/type-3-conditional/

Answer 2

B) Its easy,should have practised. Its given in perfect tense so I think B) is the correct ans..