Choose the correct one.
Correct answer: D. If he had taken an earlier train, he would have been here by now.
- A. If he took an earlier train, he will be here by now.
- B. If he had taken an earlier train, he is here by now.
- C. If he would have taken an earlier train, he would be here by now.
- D. If he had taken an earlier train, he would have been here by now.
Explanation
This sentence is correct. It uses the past perfect tense ("had taken") in the conditional clause to indicate the unreal past situation, and "would have been" to indicate the result in the past up to the present.Therefore, the correct sentence is: If he had taken an earlier train, he would have been here by now.
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