Question

If we had simply _____ the instructions like we were told to, we _____ so confused now

Answer 1

The answer to this question is: If we had simply followed the instructions like we were told to, we wouldn’t have been so confused now.

One part of the sentence deals with the assertion that had something been followed, the second part deals with the results, i.e. this wouldn’t have happened.

The first blank is verb in a past tense, whereas the second blank is filled with group of words the perfect tense.

Answer 2

Followed and Wouldn't 
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Correct sentence :-  If we had simply followed the instructions like we were told to, we wouldn’t have been so confused now. 

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Here :- Followed should be in past tense because the sentence is also in past Tense