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IV. Revision of the Oblique Moods
Task 67.Insert the right form of the verb, specify its mood:
1. They were looking down on her as if she (be) their colleague.
2. They didn’t hire John, although he (graduate) long before me.
3. Mark would never help his wife even though he (have) time.
4. You (answer) the phone, you would have found out the news.
5. We’d love to join you on your trip tomorrow! If only it (not rain)!
6. Grandma wishes she (love) more by her husband. Unfortunately he died young.
7. The soldier wished he (take part) in another war. The second was terrifying!
8. The baby (sleep) so tight now if he (not drink) a bottle of milk after bath.
9. He’d rather his neighbours (not see) him kissing that girl.
10. If it (be) all the same to me, I (come, not) and (talk) to you.
11. (be) there some more of us, it (take) only a few days to get through with it.
12. Both of them fell to their roles as though they (be born) to them, as though it (be) in their blood, as though they (be guided) by an instinct.
13. I consider it vital that you (consult) a specialist.
14. No sooner had I closed the door behind him than I felt as if something very evil just (leave) the room.
15. But for his stupid jokes I (stay) there longer.
16. It’s time you (understand) that this is no joke.
17. I didn’t say anything just then but I certainly wish I (say) something.
18. If he (find) me in his office last Monday, he (be) furious.
19. Indeed, with more hair and less collar, he (look) completely Byronic.
20. Lord (help) us!
Task 68.Correct the mistakes in the following sentences if necessary:
1. I can’t tell you how much I wish the architect is here to see the results of his work.
2. If he hadn’t been so self-righteous, he’d realize he was wrong.
3. Imagine that writer had been completely blind. How will it change his life?
4. His clothes were wrinkled as though he was sleeping in them.
5. If only she weren’t so impossibly beautiful.
6. I’d better you don’t talk so loudly if you don’t mind.
7. It’s time you think it over.
8. Your cousin was eating as though she didn’t have a bite since holidays.
9. The landlord wished he raised the rent the previous month for them to be unable to afford the flat. They were such a nuisance!
10. You won’t be able to answer the question unless you don’t know the answer.
11. If this will help you, I don’t mind lending you some.
12. Should you have seen Mark, give him my regards.
13. Only if you come, we’ll be able to meet the deadline.
14. The priest would better the burglar doesn’t speak to him about stealing the car.
15. Clark is so much afraid lest his family will find out the truth.
16. God forbids! Bite your tongue and stay silent.
17. You hadn’t better climb to the very extreme top of the mountain.
18. Their decision that he should be promoted is a wise one.
19. If I had been in that night, I could prevent the explosion.
20. He looks upon the cottage as if it is his property.
Task 69. A: Here is a third-year student’s essay nine lines of which contain mistakes. Find these mistakes and correct them.
My Regrets and the Things I’m Proud of
1. Life is an enigmatic mixture of both opportunities and obstacles. Everything 2. in the world is connected, thus our mistakes influence our further fate. Hadn’t
3. this assertion being established by the ancient, I’d have never been able to find 4. an easier way to explain my prerogatives and failures.
5. First of all, I can guess that have I been a very bad creature in my previous
6. life, I wouldn’t be born a human. Human beings can reflect on and dream of
7. different things. The only one dream is not to come true: providing I had been
8. born a man, I would have become an engine-driver. A kind of a childish dream, 9. isn’t it? The next thing I was very disappointed about was the fact I had to attend 10. music school. Hadn’t I been made to do that, I would have spoken idiomatic 11. English. And certainly, if hadn’t I had to do that, I wouldn’t have plunged into 12. that magic world of white and black keys.
13. Then, when a rebellious youth went far away, I decided to go to university. 14. It was a real challenge for me, since I had to live far from my kith and kin.
15. If there had been any appropriate higher educational establishment in
16. my town, I would have never lived in Kharkiv. However, if I hadn’t entered the
17. university in another town, I would have never managed to cook myself. If I 18. had never turned my regrets into the things I’m proud of, I would never
19. believed that every cloud has a silver lightning.
B: Write a short paragraph (5-7 sentences) on the same topic. Use the Conditional Mood constructions.
Task 70. Explain the difference in meaning and structure, if any between the sentences in the following pairs:
1. a) If we had known that you wouldn’t come, we wouldn’t have waited for half an hour.
b) We had hardly known that you wouldn’t come when we gave up waiting.
2. a) Should nick phone you, please, tell him I’ve just left.
b) If Nick phones you, please, tell him I’ve just left.
3. a) Were you to pass all your tests, we would make a party.
b) If you passed all your tests, we would make a party.
4. a) It’s a shame that he get drunk at his son’s house-warming party.
b) It’s a shame that he should get drunk at his son’s house-warming party.
5. a) We can’t take part in this contest lest we should take the last place.
b) We can’t take part in this contest so that we shouldn’t take the last place.
6. a) If only our letter had reached the destination!
b) I wish our letter had reached the destination.
7. a) I’d better have a short nap after lunch.
b) I would rather have a short nap after lunch.
8. a) Were I you, I would remove that obstacle.
b) If I were in your shoes, I would have removed that obstacle.
9. a) He shut the blinders lest someone should see him.
b) He shut the blinders so that nobody could see him.
10. a) It’s a pity I haven’t had dinner at home.
b) I wish I had had dinner at home.
Task 71. Translate the following sentences into English. Use the constructions of the Oblique Moods.
1. Якщо б ви не сиділи на протязі, ви б не застудилися.
2. Шкода, що мене не було з вами, коли все це трапилося. Якщо б ви тільки знали, як я хвилювалася!
3. Шкода, що я поїхав з Ванкуверу. Краще б мені було там залишитися.
4. Мені б не хотілося, щоб ви засмучувались через такі дрібниці.
5.Членам комітету рекомендовано розробити нову програму проведення олімпіади.
6. Погода відмінна, і моя порада вам – частіше бувайте на свіжому повітрі.
7. Голова запропонував відкласти питання до повернення з відрядження менеджера з продажу.
8. Ми боялися, що потрапимо в біду. Ми тримтіли, наче безлюдні вулиці нічного міста обволікали нас пронизливим холодом.
9. Якщо я був би на вашому місці, я б видав цей твір. Якщо він з’явиться у продажу, про вас будуть говорити в усіх кутках нашої країни.
10. Його доповідь не була б настільки нудною, якщо б він використав ілюстративний матеріал. Краще я б залишився вдома й присвятив свій час роботі над проектом.