Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.
But for one witness the accused ought to have been sent to jail.
- Awould have
- Bhad
- Cshould have
- DNo improvement
Explanation
“Would have” is a modal verb which has two common structures. The first is with 'but'. I would have A, but I had to B. This structure is used to show that you wanted to do something in the past, but you could not. So, here, in the given context, 'would have' will be used to make the sentence grammatically correct.