I____ caught the bus if i had hurried ?

The sentence, “I____ caught the bus if I had hurried,” refers to a hypothetical situation in the past. It implies that if the speaker had hurried, they would have been able to catch the bus. The word choices provided reflect different modalities of ability or possibility concerning this past event.

Option A, “could have,” indicates potential ability or opportunity that was available under certain conditionsin this case, hurrying. This aligns perfectly with the structure of the sentence, which uses the past perfect “had hurried” to express what could have happened but did not.

Option B, “can have,” suggests a current capability, which does not fit the context of a past event. Option C, “cannot have,” implies an impossibility, which contradicts the conditional mood of the sentence. Option D, “could not have,” expresses a lack of ability or opportunity, which also does not suit the context because the speaker is suggesting the ability to have caught the bus if conditions had been different.

Thus, the correct answer is A) “could have,” as it accurately reflects the potential outcome based on a past condition.