Question

Replace the underlined part of the sentence with a suitable option, if necessary:
Had she been hungry, she would have devoured the whole of it.
A) Unless she had been hungry,
B) However she had been hungry,
C) If she had been hungry,
D) No improvement

Answer 1

Hint: "Conditional sentences are sentences expressing one thing based on something else, e.g." The picnic will be cancelled if it rains. They are so named because the effect of the sentence 's main clause is conditional upon the dependent clause.

Complete answer:
Option A: The word "Unless" is used as a replacement for the word "If ... not." eeThe "Unless she was hungry" clause means the same as: "If she had not been full." Compared to the sentence given, this is the opposite of significance. This choice is, therefore, wrong.

Option B: The term ""however"" means "in whatever way." It also implies "in spite of whatever sum or degree." This does not mean the same thing as the sentence given. This choice is, therefore, wrong.

The sentence given means: "She would have devoured all of it if she had been hungry." This is set out in
Choice C and is an acceptable substitute for the part underlined. These words, however, are both equally right. Option C does not 'boost' the phrase issued. C is not, therefore, the correct answer.

As the underlined phrase is grammatically correct and needs no adjustment, Choice D is correct.

Hence, the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: Conditional sentences are statements describing, and their implications, established variables or hypothetical circumstances. Full conditional sentences contain a conditional clause and the result (often referred to as the if-clause. For each of these different conditional sentences, it is necessary to use the correct structure since they express varying meanings. When using various conditional modes, pay attention to verb tense. When the if-clause precedes the main clause, use a comma after the if-clause.