14 votes 14 votes Were you a bird, you ___________________ in the sky. would fly shall fly should fly shall have flown Verbal Aptitude gatecse-2013 verbal-aptitude tenses normal + – Arjun asked Sep 24, 2014 retagged Jun 18, 2017 by Arjun Arjun 3.9k views answer comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply Swati Rauniyar commented Jan 1, 2018 reply Follow Share Why is (D) wrong ? Please someone explain. 1 votes 1 votes Rupendra Choudhary commented Jan 21, 2018 reply Follow Share Useful links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_sentence https://www.grammarly.com/blog/conditional-sentences-was-instead-of-were/ 1 votes 1 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 21 votes 21 votes In conditional sentences if your conditional sentence (if I ...) is in past perfect then in resultant sentence 'would have' will be used. If I had extra clothes, I would have donated them. When conditional sentences are imaginary sentences like if I were a cricketer.....then in resultant sentences we have to use 'would'. References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_sentence https://www.grammarly.com/blog/conditional-sentences-was-instead-of-were/ Correct Option: A would fly. Rupendra Choudhary answered Jan 21, 2018 selected Jun 6, 2019 by Arjun Rupendra Choudhary comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
10 votes 10 votes A. would fly Kathleen answered Sep 24, 2014 Kathleen comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes The answer is definitely A...... would fly Pranav Kapur answered Apr 10, 2016 Pranav Kapur comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
–1 votes –1 votes D-shall have flown Prabhudatta Samal answered May 5, 2015 Prabhudatta Samal comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply Arjun commented May 5, 2015 reply Follow Share A is the answer. You can see the official GATE key here. http://gatecse.in/wiki/Previous_Year_GATE_Question_Papers_and_Keys 1 votes 1 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.