If they had believed in the plan, they _ it.
Correct answer: C. Would have followed
- A. Would follow
- B. Followed
- C. Would have followed
- D. Had followed
Explanation
The correct answer is Option C: 'would have followed'. The sentence structure 'If they had believed' indicates a past unreal condition, which requires the past perfect tense 'would have followed' to convey the idea of a hypothetical result in the past. Option A, B, and D do not correctly match the required tense and conditional structure of the sentence.
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