Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
If he is more careful, he wouldn’t have had an accident.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1, i.e. had been more careful.
- The given sentence indicates an event that took place in the past. Whereas the underlined section implies present tense by using 'is'.
- This creates the error and hence the correct phrase to be used here is 'had been' because it indicates the past-perfect form and completes the meaning of the given sentence.