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The sentence “…your sister didn’t come because she doesn’t...

Read this piece of the text: “Please find my sister” and then answer the questions:


“I see”, I said. “Your sister has disappeared. Have you reported her disappearance to the police?”.

The blonde girl shook her head. She looked very nervous and was starting to cry.

“No, I haven’t told the police”, she said. I don’t want any trouble with the police. I just want you to help find my sister”.

She took a small, pink handkerchief out of her handbag and dried her eyes. “All right”, I said. “Tell me all about your sister”.

“Her name is Elaine Garfield”, said the girl.

“And what’s your name?” I interrupted.

“Helen. Helen Garfield”, she replied. “My sister disappeared a week ago. We had arranged to have dinner together last Monday night, but she didn’t come”.

“Perhaps your sister didn’t come because she doesn’t like the food you cook”, I suggested.

“Don’t try to be funny. I flew all the way from New York to see her last Monday”, she said angrily.

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(PROWSE, Philip. The woman who disappeared. London: Macmillan, 1992, p.2)

The sentence “…your sister didn’t come because she doesn’t like the food you cook” is an assertive sentence in Simple Past. If we want to put this information in a hypothetical situation, we should use a conditional sentence, that can be correctly found in the option:


A

Your sister will come if she liked the food you cook.


B

If your sister likes the food you cook, she would come.


C

If your sister liked the food you cook, she would come.


D

Your sister will like the food you cook when she had come.


E

Your sister would come if she likes the food you cook.