Question

If they …..……. next to each other on the plane, they
wouldn't have got married.

A hadn't sat
B had sat
C sat
D didn't sit

Answer 1

Answer:

Option A

Explanation:

The answer is A because the sentence is in past tense.

Answer 2

Answer:

If they had not sat next to each other on the plane, they would not have gotten married.

Explanation:

The sentence suggests that the action took place in the past that resulted in them being married today. Since the sentence demands a negative expression that led to a positive solution, thus the viable options would have been "had not sat" and "did not sit".

Since "had not" is used when something is in the past perfect tense, but "did not" is used when something is in the simple past tense. Since the sentence is in past perfect as it shows an action in the past that occurred before another incident in the past, thus the appropriate term used shall be "had not sat".