JAMB - English Language (2024 - No. 51)
Choose the option that best completes the sentence.
But for the timely intervention of the police, the thief ______ by the angry mob.
will be lynched
would have been lynched
would be lynched
will have been lynched
Explanation
The phrase "But for the timely intervention of the police" indicates a hypothetical situation in the past, which suggests that the thief would have been lynched if the police hadn't intervened. In such a situation, the correct form to use is the past perfect conditional, "would have been lynched."
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