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III. Supply the correct form of the Subjunctive II of the verbs in brackets.

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SUBJUNCTIVE II AND CONDITIONAL MOOD

I. Comment on the use of the Subjunctive Mood in object claus­es after the verb to wish and translate the sentences into Russian.

1. He wished now that when the director of his firm spoke to him he had answered differently. 2. I wish I knew how you reach your results. 3. I only wish that you could come with me, Watson, but I fear that it won't do. 4. She wished that it had been possible not to cause those two people such fearful distress. 5. "I wish you hadn't got such sharp eyes," she said. 6. I wished I hadn't wasted so much money when I got there. 7. I wish I deserved your compliments. I don't. 8. He had nothing against skiing — he wished he had had the time to take it up when he was a young man. 9. He wished he felt more conviction on the point. 10. Oh, I wish I hadn't sent him that letter telling him to take care of himself. 11. I know this is none of my business. But I wish I knew what it's all about. 12. I wonder if we ought to have played that trick on Miss Reid. I almost wish we'd left her alone. 13. I wish you could stay and then we could talk over my picture. 14. I only wish it had lasted twice as long. 15. I always remember everything. Some people wish I didn't. 16. I wish you didn't have to go. Why must you?

II. Paraphrase the following sentences so as to use the Sub­junctive II after the verb to wish.

1. He was sorry he couldn't join us. 2. It's a pity you were absent yesterday. 3. I'd like him to be more polite. 4. They are sorry they didn't invite her. 5. He was disappointed that he would not be able to see the film. 6. I regret now not having told her all the truth then. 7. What a pity you can't swim. 8. I'm awfully sorry I kept you waiting so long. 9. It's a pity I couldn't go to the theatre with you. 10. I'm very sorry that I have disturbed you. 11. It's a pity you are leav­ing so soon. 12. I'd like to see the film again. 13. It was a pity we could not see the stage well. 14. They were sorry they hadn't taken a taxi and had missed their train.

 

III. Supply the correct form of the Subjunctive II of the verbs in brackets.

1. Oh, I wish I (not to send) him that letter. I'd give any­thing to take it back. 2. I wish I (to be) as sure as you. 3. But he wished that there (to be) some way in which he could help the young lawyer. 4. "I wish I (not to cry) so much," said Alice trying to find her way out. 5. And here I wish I (can) tell you half of the things Alice used to say. 6. I rather wished Poirot (to be) there. 7. I wish I (to know) it was your friend. 8. He wished he (to come) by air. 9. I wish I (to know) what to do now. 10. I wish that poor Strickland (to be) still alive. 11.1 wish I (to know) it was your birthday, Lady Windermere, I would have covered the whole street in front of your house with flow­ers. 12. I wish they (to be) back. 13. I wished I (to have) enough confidence so that I could transfer some to her. But I didn't. 14. I wish I never (to hear) of it. 15. I wish to Christ we (to have) bicycler. 16. I wish I (to know) where we are go­ing. 17. I wish that I (to be) with the British. It would have been much simpler.

IV. Translate into English using the Subjunctive II in ob­ject clauses.

1. Как жаль, что вы были так неосторожны. Этого бы не случилось, если бы вы послушали совета наших дру­зей. 2. Как жаль, что это произошло в ваше отсутствие. 3. Жаль, что вы не интересуетесь искусством. 4. Я теперь жалею, что не захватила с собой таблетки от головной боли. 5. Ты пожалеешь, что не пошел со мной. 6. Жаль, что вы не сохранили письмо. 7. Хоть бы ей кто-нибудь сказал, что это невежливо. 8. Ей очень хотелось, чтобы кто-ни­будь заметил ее и спросил, что она тут делает. 9. Хорошо, если бы вы всегда приходили вовремя. 10. Жаль, что вы не смогли посмотреть этот матч. 11. Досадно, что препо­даватель обращает мало внимания на ваше произноше­ние. 12. Хотелось бы мне, чтобы вы были осторожнее в следующий раз. 13. Как жаль, что я не могу как следует описать вам сцену, которая затем последовала. 14. Как жаль, что доктор ушел. Я не спросила его, когда прини­мать лекарство. 15. Обидно, что мы не знаем его адреса. Мы могли бы сходить к нему сегодня же. 16. Жаль, что в детстве меня не учили никакому иностранному языку. 17. Она жалела, что ей не было слышно, о чем говорили внизу. 18. Я бы хотела, чтобы ты содержал все свои вещи в порядке. 19. Напрасно он не посвятил свою жизнь мате­матике. Это его любимый предмет с детства.

V. Comment on the use of the Subjunctive II in clauses introduced by as if and as though.

1. For a moment or two she remained by the desk, one hand touching the telephone, as if a thread of contact still remained. 2. He was not so well-dressed as Robert, who al­ways looked as though he had stepped out of a shop-window, but he wore his old clothes as though it didn't much matter what one wore. 3. He had been feeling more comfortable every day, in fact he was beginning to feel as if he'd never been away. 4. He found Brenner standing on the sidewalk in his dirty raincoat and shaking as though he were suffering from a malarial attack. 5. He looked at me as though he wanted to ask me something. 6. "I'm glad you could come, gentlemen." Curtis O'Keefe informed them, as if this meet­ing had not been planned weeks ahead. 7. She looked fresh and clean as though nothing had happened to her that night.

8. She looked at me as though that were the end of the inter­view and she expected me to get up and take myself off. 9. She looked as though she had been crying. 10. Hurstwood gazed at it a moment as if something were scratching him. 11. It was Sunday, and there was a feeling of quietness, a silence as though nature were at rest. 12. A convulsion racked him as though he had been touched by a high-tension wire. 13. His heart laboured as though it were pumping sand, not blood, not liquid, he thought. 14. I sat in the garden feeling as though I were home again. 15. It was as if some­one he had never known had written the story. 16. There was a pause, with heavy breathing, as if a moment of emotion were being controlled. 17. It was as if Marthy had received a physical blow and were rocking on her feet. 18. When he finally broke the silence his voice was as hoarse as though he had been shouting inside himself.

 

VI. Supply the necessary forms of the Subjunctive II in claus­es introduced by as if and as though.

1. Whenever I saw them it looked as though they (to be) on very good terms with one another. 2. The knife shone as though it just (to come) out of the workshop. 3. As I opened my door I seemed to hear a changing sound as if a mass of metal (to fall). 4. Suddenly the voice was clear and strong as if Constance (to be) in another room of the hotel. 5. Fred wasn't shy, and he talked to Gracie's parents as though he (to know) them all his life. 6. His tanned, smooth skin looked as though a razor never (to touch) it. 7. You behave as if you (to be married) to her already. 8. You look as though you (not to have) much sleep the last night or two. 9. She noticed a shade of thought pass over his face as if he (to begin) to realize that things were changed. 10. He felt as if he (to catch) cold. 11. He leaned against the desk, and upon my word he was shaking as though he (to get) fever. 12. He looked as if he (to step) from the pages of "Pickwick Papers". 13. She always smelled as though she just (to come) from a long walk in a forest. 14. She clutched the letter to her heart as though she (to think) I would take it from her. 15. He looked as if he (not to have) a meal for a week, and I hadn't the heart to refuse him. 16. Sharon frowned as if she (to be puzzled). 17. He looked as if he (not to sleep) much lately.

 


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