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Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
If people _____________, he will feel bad.
  1. wouldn't laughed
  2. laugh
  3. will laugh
  4. would laugh

A
will laugh
B
wouldn't laughed
C
laugh
D
would laugh
Solution
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The correct option is C laugh
The given sentence is a Type 1 conditional, because it presents a possible condition (if-clause) and its probable result.
In such sentences, the if-clause is in simple present tense and the main clause is in the simple future tense ('he will feel bad').
Option C: 'Laugh' is in the simple present tense. It completes the sentence in meaning as well as agrees with the Type 1 structure. Hence option C is correct.
Option A: 'Will laugh' is in the future tense, whereas the tense required is simple present.
Option B: 'Wouldn't laughed' is grammatically incorrect. The modal 'wouldn't' is to be followed by the verb 'laugh', as 'would' expresses a condition and does not express the past tense (laughed).
Option D: 'Would laugh' expresses a condition in the past tense, and is used in the mixed conditional type (an unreal past condition and its probable result in the present). Also, the if-clause won't contain the conditional verb 'would'.
Hence, options A, B and D are incorrect.

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