If I hadn't been sleepy, I _ the entire lecture.
Correct answer: B. Would have attended
- A. Would attend
- B. Would have attended
- C. Attend
- D. Will attend
Explanation
The correct answer is 'would have attended.' In conditional sentences that express unreal past situations, we use the past perfect tense with 'would have + past participle.' The sentence structure 'If I hadn't been sleepy' indicates an unreal past condition, requiring the past perfect tense. The other options do not match the required tense based on the conditional structure of the sentence.
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