GATE 2013 CS (CS1) – Question 4

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Were you a bird, you ______ in the sky.

would fly
shall fly
should fly
shall have flown

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Correct answer: (A) would fly

Explanation

“Were you a bird” is an inverted hypothetical conditional equivalent to “If you were a bird”. Its consequence takes “would” plus base verb: “you would fly”. Thus A.

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