Professional Documents
Culture Documents
For example:
6. The request that we ______ ready to leave at six is a nuisance. (to be)
7. The recommendation that she ______ a holiday was carried out. (to take)
8. It is necessary that you _________ able to come with us. (to be)
10. The requirement that he _________ work will be hard to meet. (to find)
12. The demand that she __________ the report has been carried out. (to
complete)
2. Complete each of the following sentences with the Past Perfect Subjunctive
2. They wished they ______ not _____________ the appointment. (to forget)
6. She wished she ______ not _________ the window. (to open)
sentences with the correct form of the verb shown in brackets. Use the Past Perfect Subjunctive,
the Simple Past Subjunctive, or the Simple conjugation with would, depending on whether the
time of the action referred to in the subordinate clause is earlier than, the same as, or later than,
11. The boy wished that he ____________ the competition the next day. (to win)
12. She will wish she _____________ the arrangements earlier. (to make)
6. If you had seen the movie, you would have liked it.
If they saw us, they _____ not _________ us. (to recognize)
_____ you not ____ glad if you were rich? (to be)
4. I ________ not _______ to have a party if you were not there. (to want)
5. If you knew more about her, you ________________ your opinion. (to
change)
6. ________ you ________ pizza if you did not like it? (to order)
_____ she not __________ if she had seen us? (to wave)
2. If they had felt thirsty, ________ they not _____________ the lemonade? (to
drink)
3. If we had been here, we _______ not ______________ the fireworks. (to miss)
4. If his office had called, _______ he not _______________ to work? (to return)
5. She _______ not _______________ early if she had not had a good reason. (to
leave)
7. If you had visited Rome, _______ you ____________ to the opera? (to go)
underlined adverbs indicating time, complete the following sentences, using the indicated
verbs in the appropriate conjugations with would. use the Simple conjugation for actions
pertaining to the present or the future, and use the Perfect conjugation for actions
2. I ___________________ the book last week if I had known you wanted it. (to finish)
3. ______ you ______________ to him last night if you had seen him? (to speak)
4. If they were old enough, they __________________ the contest next week. (to enter)
5. ______ she not ____________ a vacation now if she had more time? (to take)
8. ______ she not ________ grateful if we offered to help her tomorrow? (to be)
10. _______ they not __________________ more books last month if they had noticed
11. _______ she not ___________ us now if she knew where we lived? (to visit)
12. _______ you _________________ cucumbers yesterday if they had been on sale? (to
buy)
10. For each of the following sentences, complete the subordinate clause with
the Simple Past Subjunctive of the verb shown in brackets. For example:
If he ___ not ____ his work, he would find another job. (to like)
2. _________ I not anxious to meet him, I would stay at home. (to be)
3. He would have more free time if he ______ not _________ so hard. (to
work)
6. If you _________ him, you would surely recognize him. (to see)
7. I would not confide in him if I _______ not _________ him. (to trust)
8. If we _______ not _________ time, we would let you know. (to have)
Had it not ______ yesterday, we would have raked the leaves. (to snow)
1. I would not have got lost if I ______________ the map. (to study)
4. He would have applied for the job if he _______________ the advertisement. (to
see)
5. We would not have ordered tea, ______ we __________ how late it was. (to
know)
6. ______ it not __________, they would have held the party in the park. (to rain)
7. We would have agreed with you if we _________________ what you meant. (to
understand)
8. If you _____________ salt on the steps, they would not have been so slippery.
(to put)
9. ______ he ___________ to us, we would have known when to expect him. (to
write)
10. If he ________________ to take the course, he would have had to work hard.
(to choose)
12. The following statements contain false or improbable conditions. Paying
clauses with the correct forms of the verbs shown in brackets. Use the Simple Past
Subjunctive for actions pertaining to the present or the future, and use the Past
If she ____ here now, she would be admiring the rose bushes. (to be)
___ he ______ here last week, we would have met him. (to stay)
2. We would have forgotten our tickets last night, if she ____not ________ us. (to remind)
4. Would you visit Spain next summer, if you _________ enough money? (to have)
6. If he _________ you last Wednesday, he would have asked your advice. (to see)
7. If they __________ to leave now, they would need special permission. (to want)
8. _____ they _________ of the concert yesterday, they would have arranged to go. (to
know)
9. Would you not have stayed longer last week, if you ___________ able to? (to be)
10. If they ____________ the letter tomorrow, they would receive an answer in two
the examples, change the underlined verb in the subordinate clause from the Simple
Present Indicative to the Simple Past Subjunctive; and change the underlined verb in the
main clause from the Simple Future to the Simple conjugation with would. For example:
Open the door.
Don't forget to come.
7. Always ___________ both ways before crossing the street. (to look)