Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb form.
If you had not hurried, you ________ the flight.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → would have missed
Third conditional (an unreal past):
- This kind of sentence talks about a past event that did not happen.
- The if-part takes had + past participle (V3).
- The main part takes would have + V3.
- In fact, you did hurry and caught the flight.
- The sentence imagines the opposite.
- So the main part needs "would have missed".
- Complete sentence: If you had not hurried, you would have missed the flight.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: will miss — Incorrect.
- "Will miss" talks about the future.
- It goes with a present tense if-part, not with "had not hurried".
- Example: If you do not hurry, you will miss the bus.
Option 3: would miss — Incorrect.
- "Would miss" is for an imagined present or future.
- It goes with a past simple if-part.
- Example: If you left now, you would miss the speech.
Option 4: had missed — Incorrect.
- "Had missed" is the past perfect.
- In this sentence type it belongs in the if-part, not in the main part.
- Example: If I had missed the train, I would have taken a taxi.