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Complete the master chef's harsh (but fair!) critique of a culinary disaster by choosing the correct verb phrases.
To look at this weeping monstrosity of a cake, one ___________________________ you baked it in a sauna.
I was genuinely hoping to see you succeed yesterday; otherwise, I ________________________________ you during the appetizer round.
I was genuinely hoping to see you succeed yesterday; otherwise, I ________________________________ you during the appetizer round.
would assume
An infinitive phrase like "To look at..." can act as an implied "if" clause ("If someone looked at..."). Because the cake is sitting right in front of them in the present, this is a second conditional situation, requiring would + base verb.
would have eliminated
The word "otherwise" implies the opposite of the previous statement ("If I hadn't been hoping to see you succeed"). Since the chef's hope and the appetizer round are both in the past, this is a past unreal situation requiring the third conditional (would have + past participle).