Choose the option that best completes the sentence.
If her brother ____ here, he would call the police.
- have been
- will be
- am
-
were
The correct answer is: D
Explanation
The sentence is a hypothetical or unreal condition, indicating that the situation is not true at the moment. In English, for unreal or hypothetical situations in the present or future, we use the past simple tense (e.g., "were") instead of "was" for all subjects, even with singular subjects like "he" or "she". Therefore, "were" is the correct choice here.
This is an example of the second conditional, which is used to talk about hypothetical situations.
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