Question

Choose the best construction:

• A. If you would have taken care you wouldn’t have got typhoid.
• B. If you took care you wouldn’t have got typhoid.
• C. If you take care you wouldn’t have got typhoid.
• D. If you had taken care you wouldn’t have got typhoid.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

The sentence structure in focus is a conditional sentence, often described as a third conditional, which is used to talk about hypothetical situations in the past.

To correctly construct a third type conditional sentence, the format used typically is: If + past perfect, would + have + past participle.

Let's analyze the options:

• If you would have taken care you wouldn’t have got typhoid. - Incorrect: The structure deviates from the correct third conditional format.
• If you took care you wouldn’t have got typhoid. - Incorrect: This uses a simple past tense instead of past perfect.
• If you take care you wouldn’t have got typhoid. - Incorrect: This mixes present tense with past hypothetical consequences.
• If you had taken care you wouldn’t have got typhoid. - Correct: This follows the proper third conditional structure (i.e., past perfect for the condition and "would have" for the result).

Thus, the best construction is: If you had taken care you wouldn’t have got typhoid.