Subjunctive Mood

Главное предложение	Придаточное предложение	Тип предложения
Will(shall)/can/may/must/might/to be going to do smth/present simple (general truth) or present continuous – expressing future meaning. You will need a visa	if/whether + Present Simple (or Present Continuous or Present Perfect if you are going abroad.	Type I (real condition)
Would (should)/could/might/ + Infinitive (without to) I wouldn’t worry	if + Past Simple/Past Continuous if they kept in touch with me.	Type II (unreal Present or Future)
Would (should)/could/might/ +have v3/v+ed I would have done it	If + Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous If I had had time.	Type III

Примечание: в придаточных дополнительных предложениях после глагола wish (как жаль, что; хотельсь бы) или сочетания if only (если бы).

Impossible, wish about the future Wish(if only) + subject + would + Infinitive	I wish (if only) my brother would come and visit me.
Wish about the present Wish (if only) + Past Simple	I wish you were here. I wish you worked here.
Wish about the past Wish (if only)+ Past Perfect + Infinitive	I wish I had given him my telephone number (I didn’t do it).
После выражения: It’s high time После союзов: As if, as though, lest После словосочетания:You had better, you would rather	It's time you knew it. He looked as if he had had a good rest. I’d better do it myself.

Exercises:

1 Open the brackets, using the proper tense:

1 When he (return) I'll give him the key.

2 He'll be ready as soon as you (be).

3 I'll stay in bed till the clock (strike) seven.

4 She will be delighted when she (hear) this.

5 When the laundry comes I (have) some clean handkerchiefs.

6 I shan't buy tomatoes till the price (come) down.

7 Stay here till the lights (turn) green.

8 When it (get) cold I'll light the fire.

9 The lift (not start) until you press that button.

10 She'll have to behave better when she (go) to school.

11 When you look at yourself in the glass you (see) what I mean.

12 He (be) here before you go.

13 I (lend) you my cassette recorder whenever you want it.

14 He (wake) up when we turn the lights on. ,

15 He (ring) us up when he arrives in England?

16 He will wash up before he (go) to bed.

17 I won't come to London till the bus strike (be) over.

18 I (give) the children their dinner before he (come) home.

19 They will be astonished when they (see) how slowly he works.

20. I'll pay you when I (get) my cheque.

2 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.

1 If I had a typewriter I (type) it myself.

2 If I (know) his address I'd give it to you.

3 He (look) a lot better if he shaved more often.

4 If you (play) for lower stakes you wouldn't lose so much.

5 If he worked more slowly he (not make) so many mistakes.

6 I shouldn't drink that wine if I (be) you.

7 More tourists would come to this country if it (have) a better climate.

8 If I were sent to prison you (visit) me?

9 If someone (give) you a helicopter what would you do with it?

10 I (buy) shares in that company if I had some money.

11 If he (clean) his windscreen he'd be able to see where he was going.

12 If you drove your car into the river you (be able) to get out?

13 If you (not belong) to a union you couldn't get a job.

14 If I (win) a big prize in a lottery I'd give up my job.

15 What you (do) if you found a burglar in your house?

16 I could tell you what this means if I (know) Greek.

17 If everybody (give) Ј1 we would have enough.

18 He might get fat if he (stop) smoking.

19 If he knew that it was dangerous he (not come).

20 If you (see) someone drowning what would you do?

3 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.

1 If I had known that you were in hospital I (visit) you.

2 The ground was very soft. But for that, my horse (win).

3 If you (arrive) ten minutes earlier you would have got a seat.

4 You would have seen my garden at its best if you (be) here last week.

5 But for his quickness I (be) killed.

6 I shouldn't have believed it if I (not see) it with my own eyes.

7 If he had slipped he (fall) 500 metres.

8 If he had asked you, you (accept)?

9 If I (had) a map I would have been all right.

10 If I (know) that you were coming I'd have baked a cake.

11 I (offer) to help him if I had realized that he was ill.

12 If you had left that wasp alone it (not sting) you.

13 If I (realize) what a bad driver you were I wouldn't have come with you.

14 If I had realized that the traffic lights were red I (stop).

15 But for the fog we (reach) our destination ages ago.

16 If you had told me that he never paid his debts I (not lend) him the money.

17 If you (not sneeze) he wouldn't have known that we were there.

18 If you (put) some mustard in the sandwiches they would have tasted better.

19 The hens (not get) into the house if you had shut the door.

20 If he had known that the river was dangerous he (not try) to swim across it.

4 Translate from Russian into English:

1 Если ночи будут теплыми, мы будем спать на открытом воздухе.

2 Если бы я был на твоем месте, я бы поторопился.

3 Если ты не поторопишься, ты опоздаешь на поезд.

4 Если бы вы напомнили об этом вчера, я бы принес вам книги.

5 Если завтра не будет дождя, ны пойдем в парк.

6 Если в теплое помещение принести снег, он расстает.

7 Открой окно, если хочешь.

8 Если бы я знала, что мои родители приедут, я бы испекла пирог.

9 Если бы документы были шподписаны, мы бы их отослали.

10 Поезд отправиться ровно в 5, даже если ты придешь на 10 минут раньше.