C. ORAL ACTIVITY

Exercise 2.40. Complete the sentences:

1. Had I known you were angry with me, …

2. He would receive it tomorrow if …

3. She would feel much better if …

4. If the ship had arrived punctually, …

5. But for the wrong advise they gave me, …

6. My sister would go out every evening, …

7. If you didn’t study hard, …

8. If I were you, …

9. If you came home earlier, …

10. She wouldn’t have stayed at home if…

Exercise 2.41. Express the characters’ wishes or regrets in the following situations, using your knowledge of different types of subjunctive mood:

E.g. I wish I hadn’t had an argument with my wife… or

If I hadn’t had an argument with my wife…

1. Paul had an argument with his wife. He can’t control his temper. He was driving his car too fast. He had an accident. He is in hospital now. His wife won’t come and visit him. His leg hurts. The man in the next bed won’t stop talking. Paul can’t get out of bed and has to listen to all the rubbish the man says. He feels miserable and is on the verge of crying.

2. Martin didn’t lock his car when he went to the supermarket. His car was stolen. Now he is at the police station. Nobody seems to be very much concerned about him. He is being asked a lot of questions. He is annoyed and helpless. His heart is pumping and his hands are trembling. He feels like leaving, but he wants to get his car back.

3. O’Brian forged some figures in his report. Then he got frightened of his boss and wrote another report. He went to the office at night to exchange the documents. The alarm went off. O’Brian was caught by the police. His boss fired him. Now he presses charges against O’Brian. O’Brian doesn’t have enough money so he can’t have a good lawyer. He faces a long-term imprisonment.

4. Ann cleans Pr. Beams’s laboratory. She got interested in his new invention. She didn’t know the professor’s time-machine worked, so she pressed a button. Now she has to find somewhere to hide, or the dinosaurs will eat her. There are no people here and nobody can save her. She doesn’t have a gun, so she can’t defend herself. She’s hungry but she can’t find any food. If she tries to make the machine work she might get back home. She hopes to get back and promises herself she’ll never touch this machine again.

5. Thomas was not a very diligent student. He didn’t work hard during the term. So he failed to defend his term project. He was very upset. He was afraid to tell his parents about it. He wanted some miracle to happen. He found a magic wand. He made a wish to change his past. His wish came true. But his life is different now. He is not a student any more. He is a delivery-boy at a local pizzeria. His girlfriend doesn’t recognize him. Thomas wants to change his life again with the help of the wand, but he is afraid things might turn even worse.

Exercise 2.42. Come out with a fifteen-sentence-story on suggested ideas, using your knowledge of subjunctive mood:

1. If I were on a deserted island/ on board the Titanic/ in Jurassic park/ in a bathyscaphe on the bottom of the ocean/ in a spacecraft heading for Mars/ in the jungles/ in Antarctica/ in Atlantis/ on board the hijacked plane/ in the ruins of an Inca city/ in Middle-earth, etc.

2. If I were a president/ a film star/ a tycoon/ a student of the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry/ Alice going down the rabbit hole/ James Cameron/ a jackpot winner/ a captain of a cruise liner/ a famous writer/ a popular singer/ a peacemaker/ an orchestra conductor, etc.

3. If I were a cat/ a dog/ a mouse/ a cockroach/ a giraffe/ an elephant/ a panda/ a rattle-snake/ a corrida bull/ a mosquito/ an eagle/ a crocodile, etc.

4. A shopping bag/ an antique chair/ a volcano/ a BWM key/ a cactus/ a lorry/ an alarm clock/ an answering-machine/ a one-hundred-dollar bill/ a slipper/ a mirror, etc.

Exercise 2.43. Enlarge upon the given dialogues and act them out in class:

RON:Oh, Shiela, look at the view! I do wish I'd brought my camera.

SHIELA: Yes, indeed. If you had, you’d be able to take some lovely pictures.

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TESS: Let me look at the map, Peter. Now, if you look carefully, you'll see that we are just – here.

PETER: No, we aren't, Tess. We are at this corner.

TESS: Excuse me, Peter, we've just come through that village. Now, if we had turned to the right at the crossroads, we would have come out on the main road. But we didn't.

PETER: Well, we can still get across to the main road if we take this path marked with a dotted line.

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MAN: I wish I hadn't gone to see that film.

WIFE: Yes, indeed. That was a waste of time and money. If I'd known it was going to be so silly, I'd much rather have stayed at home.

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JOHN: Which girl did you ask for information?

MARY: The young girl. I wish I'd seen Miss Smith about it.

JOHN: Yes, of course. She would have been better informed.

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ALICE: Did you have a nice holiday?

MARY: Not really. I often wished I'd brought my car to the Continent. If I had, it would have solved a lot of problems.

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BROWN: Well, now, I'd love to have a chat with you, but it's a bit awkward this morning. The trouble is, I've got a man coming to see me in a few minutes.

SMITH: Do you know how long the business will take?

BROWN: That's the point, I don't. Otherwise I' have suggested your having a lunch with me. I wish it weren't at such short notice. I wish you'd let me know you were coming. I would've cancelled that appointment.

SMITH:Oh, please, don't bother. It's perfectly all right.

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PAUL: Now then, didn't I tell you it was going to rain?

DORA: So you did. I wish we had an umbrella.

PAUL: And I whish we'd taken that bus in the afternoon. If we had, we'd be at home by now.

DORA: But then we wouldn't have had this lovely walk in the country.

PAUL: I could have done very well without the walk.

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DAVID: I'm so sorry Margaret's ill.

IRENE: So am I. But she has only herself to blame. If she had been more sensible, she wouldn't have caught that bad cold.

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MAN (to the neighbour): I wish you sold that dog. Yesterday my daughter had to stop her singing lesson because your dog was whining all the time.

NEIGHBOUR: I'm sorry, but your daughter began it.

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WOMAN: Doctor! I wish you said frankly what's wrong with me.

MAN: Madam, I've just three things to tell you. First, your weight wants reducing by nearly fifty pounds. Second, your beauty would be improved if you used about one tenth as much rouge and lipstick. And, third, I'm an artist – the doctor lives on the next floor.

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UNIT 3.

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