JAMB - English Language (2005 - No. 1)
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
If the rain hadn't fallen, we wouldn't have missed the match?
If the rain hadn't fallen, we wouldn't have missed the match?
The rain is falling, so we will miss the match
The rain fell, so we didn't watch the match
The rain didn't fall, so we didn't watch the match
The rain didn't fall, so we didn't miss the match
Uitleg
The sentence is using a conditional statement in the past perfect tense to express a hypothetical situation and its result. "If the rain hadn't fallen" implies that the rain did fall, and as a result, "we wouldn't have missed the match." This means that because the rain fell, they did not watch the match. Therefore, option B correctly explains the information conveyed in the sentence.