In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No error’. If you had (1)/ told me earlier (2)/ I will help you. (3)/ No Error (4)  ?

Option 3 : 3

The correct answer is 3

• The subordinate clause of the sentence: "If you had told me" is in the past perfect tense (subject + had + third form verb).To maintain the uniformity of the sentence the main clause will have the structure as "would have + past participle". Hence, the main clause will take the verb phrase as:- "would have helped".
• The given sentence is a third conditional sentence.
• A third conditional sentence is used to imagine a different past that did not happen.
• Some Examples:-
  If I had been present, I should have enjoyed it a lot. 
  If I had been present, I would have enjoyed it a lot. 

Thus, the correct sentence is: If you had told me earlier I would have helped you.