Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
We couldn’t have been able to go to the final match without the coach’s flexible strategies
A. We could have been able to go to the final match with the coach’s flexible strategies
B. If we could be able to go to the final match, the coach would have flexible strategies
C. If we couldn’t have been able to go to the final match, we would have had the coach’s flexible strategies
D. Had it not been for the coach’s flexible strategies, we couldn’t have been able to go to the final match
Đáp án D.
Câu đề bài là 1 dạng câu điều kiện loại 3, thay mệnh đề if bằng cụm “without + danh từ”. Do vậy, câu viết lại phải tương tự nên ta chọn D (cũng là điều kiện loại 3 nhưng với dạng đảo. Cấu trúc là
Had it not been for + N …