AP Spanish : Conditional / El Condicional

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Conditional Tenses

Which verb best completes this sentence?

Si hubiera hecho el crimen, __________ culpable, pero no lo hice.

Possible Answers:

estuviera

none of the other answers

estaría

sería

Correct answer:

sería

Explanation:

This is a classic conditional haber/ser structure: the right answer is sería; estaría is in the right tense but does not agree with the adjective; estuviera both does not agree with the adjective and is in the wrong tense.

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