Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
His only (1)_____ was that he had no rifle. While running away from the village below, he had forgotten the rifle in a hurry. An unpardonable (2)_____, but it was now too late to make amends for it. (3)_____ he had the rifle, his pursuers would not have dared follow him with such brazen confidence. He would have hidden behind a rock and waited for them. As they came within his rifle's range, he would have picked them off one by one. But now he could do (4)_____ about it. He was unarmed. But come what may, he must (5)_____ of their rifle's range.
Question
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: Has
Option 2: Had
Option 3: Have
Option 4: Did
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Correct Answer: Had
Solution : The correct choice is the s econd option.
The sentence structure suggests a conditional statement about something that didn't happen in the past and how it would have affected the situation if it had happened.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Had he had the rifle, his pursuers would not have dared follow him with such brazen confidence.
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