JAMB - English Language (2009 - No. 5)
Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
You could have heard the sound if you weren't asleep.
You could have heard the sound if you weren't asleep.
You were not asleep so you heard the sound
You were asleep so you did not hear the sound
You heard the sound though you were asleep
You did not hear the sound though you were not asleep
Explanation
The sentence "You could have heard the sound if you weren't asleep" is a conditional sentence using the third conditional structure. It implies that hearing the sound was a possibility, but the condition (not being asleep) was not met.
- The phrase "could have heard" suggests a missed opportunity.
- "If you weren't asleep" suggests that the person was actually asleep at the time.
Thus, the sentence conveys that the person was asleep and, as a result, did not hear the sound.
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