Identify the verb form in the main clause of the sentence: “If I had a degree, I could have applied…”

Correct answer: Past perfect conditional. “Could have applied” is a modal verb with a perfect infinitive, the past (perfect) conditional form used for unreal past possibilities.

• Simple present: Simple present does not appear anywhere in the sentence.
• Past perfect: Past perfect would need “had applied”, but the main clause uses “could have applied”.
• Simple past: Simple past appears only in the if-clause (“had a degree”), not in the main clause.