________ the prime minister to call for an emergency cabinet meeting tonight, the proposed economic bill would be ratified ahead of schedule.
Choose the correct word to complete the inverted conditional sentence.

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A Should
B Had
C Were
D Did

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Answer: C. Were

Correct Answer: c) Were
Explanation: This represents an inverted second conditional layout dealing with an action verb. The precise literary construction is Were + subject + to-infinitive (Were the prime minister to call...).

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