Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions The meeting would have finished earlier if there h

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions

The meeting would have finished earlier if there had not been for their interruptions

interruptions

would have finished

had not been for

earlier

Giải thích

Đáp án C

Cấu trúc: “if there + were not/ had not been + N” dùng để giả sử một điều gì đó không tồn tại ở câu điều kiện loại 2 và 3. Trong câu này đáp án C - had not been for → had not been (lược bỏ “for”).

* Mở rộng: “if there were not/ had not been + N” = “if it were not/ had not been for + N” (khi chủ ngữ là “it”, trước danh từ mới có “for”