4. Would like/would love/would hate. (We use these verbs to make specific offers, requests etc.)

1) I’d like ... is a polite way of saying what you want: (Present or Future reference)

• I would like to be rich. What would you like to have?

• I’d like to find you a job. (refers to my possible future action)

• (at a tourist information office) I’d like some information about hotels, please.

• (in a shop) I’d like to try on this jacket, please.

• I’d love to be able to travel round the world.

• I’d hate to disturb him if he is busy.

2) To offer or to invite we use ‘Would you like ...’ (not ‘Do you like...’)

• ‘Would you like a cup of tea?’ ‘Yes, please.’

• ‘Would you like to come to dinner tomorrow evening?’ ‘Yes, I’d live to.’

3) Verb + object + to-Infinitive (Would like/would love/would hate)

• I would like you to go now.

• I’d like you to find him a job. (your possible future action)

• Do you know how to use the machine or would you like me to show you how to use it?

4) A perfect infinitive refers an action to an imaginary past. (Past reference)

• I would like to have done it. (= I regret now that I didn’t or couldn’t do it.)

• It’s a pity we didn’t see Val when we were in London. I would like to have seen her again.

• We’d like to have gone on holiday but we didn’t have enough money.

• Poor old Tom. I would hate to have been in his position.

• I’d love to have gone to the party but it was impossible.

5) Compare:

• I would like to see that film. (now, or in the future)

• I would like to have seen that film. (before now, so I did not see it)

• I would have liked to see that film. (but I didn’t have a chance then)

• I would have liked to have seen that film. (interchangeable with: I would have liked to see that film. - ‘to have seen’ is unnecessary)

• 3. The subjunctive mood in attributive clauses after the Principal Clause : It is time, It is high time

In this case the Past Subjunctive of the verb ‘to be’ is used (were); with other verbs the same meaning is expressed by the Past Indefinite of the Indicative Mood. We often use this structure to criticise or complain.

It is time/ It was time - пора It is high time/ It was high time - давно пора It is about time/ It was about time - почти пора It is nearly time/ It was nearly time - как раз пора

you understood me. he were ready (he was ready). they were here. (Present or Future reference)

• It is time we went home. Пора идти домой.

• It is high time they knew it. Им давно пора знать это.

• It was time she were at home.

• Jack is a great talker. But it’s about time he did something instead of just talking.

• It’s high time you answered this question!

• It’s high time you realized that you are not the most important person in the world.

• It’s high time he were more serious.

High is added for extra emphasis and makes the criticism stronger.

• It is high time you learned to look after yourself!

• It is high time he were taught a lesson.

• Negatives are not used after: It is time; it is high time; it is about time; it is nearly time.

• Short responses are possible.

• I still haven’t thanked Aunt Lucy for her present. - It’s time you did. (you’re talking too long over it)

• Note: It’s time we went home. - This sentence has a similar meaning to Second Conditional Sentence: = If we went home, it would be better.

• It’s time you did it. = You should have done it already or You should have started it.

Clauses of this kind are usually joined to the principal clause asyndetically.

The rules of the sequence of tenses are not observed.

• ‘It’s time’ can also be used with ‘to-Infinitive’.

• Cf. It’s time you started work. (You are being lazy.)

• It’s time (for you) to start work. (A statement of fact)

• We’ve enjoyed the evening, but it’s time we went. (i.e. we should probably have left before this)

• We’ve enjoyed the evening, but it’s time (for us) to go. (i.e. the time has now arrived for us to go)