Question

Select one:

a. We will watch TV tonight if Peter hadn't bought the theatre tickets.

b. We would watch TV tonight if Peter hadn't bought the theatre tickets.

c. None of the above.

d. We would have watched TV tonight if Peter hadn't bought the theatre tickets.

Clear my choice

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Answer 1

Answer:

d. We would have watched TV tonight if Peter hadn't bought the theatre tickets.

Explanation:

It is the most grammatically correct sentence.

Answer 2

Conditional tenses

• Conditional tenses are used to speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen.
• It most often contains an adverb clause beginning with ‘if’  and an independent clause.
• The 'if' clause gives the condition in which the other clause would be true.
• The independent clause  usually includes a modal verb like ‘will,’ ‘would,’ ‘could,’ or ‘might’.

Types :

Type 1

A possible condition and its probable result - Simple present                

Type 2

A hypothetical condition and its probable result - Simple past

Type 3

      An unreal past condition & its probable result in past - Past perfect

The right option is,

     d. We would have watched TV tonight if Peter hadn't bought the theatre tickets.

         It is of the type 3 where it describes the unreal past condition of Peter hadn't bought the theatre tickets using an adverb clause beginning with ‘if’ and the probable result of would have watched TV  in the past perfect.