I wish my husband would come home earlier

EXERCISE 42. IMAGINE YOU'VE JUST MET A MAGIC GENIE. MAKE TEN WISHES. EXPLAIN YOUR CHOICE.

III. The subjunctive

PART 1. GRAMMAR THEORY

The subjunctive form is the same form as the infinitive without to (base (V)). It does not show any marking for tense and can be used to refer to events in the past, present or future. The use of the subjunctive is rather formal or literary in British English, though it is less formal and more common in US English. The following categories of the subjunctive may be distinguished: the formulaic, the past-forms, the subjunctive in that – clauses, the emotional should.

1.1. The formulaic subjunctive

The formulaic subjunctive is used in certain fixed expressions which have to be learned as wholes:

• God save (the Queen)!

• God bless (you)!

• God help him!

• God damn it!

• Heaven forbid that (you see him again)

• Come what may, (we will go ahead)

• Suffice it to say that (he has been ruined)

• Be that as it may (I am not going to lose this job)

• Far be it from me to (spoil the fun)

• So be it!

• Long live (the King)

• (I will take the matter to the president) if need be

EXERCISE 1. MATCH THE ENGLISH PHRASE WITH ITS EQUIVALENT IN UKRAINIAN.

1. Long live… 2. Success attend you! 3. Manners be hanged! 4. Suffice it to say… 5. Be it so! 6. God damn it! 7. Far be it from me to. 8. Bless you! 9. God save! 10. Come what may. 11. If need be..

a) У мене і в думках не було. b) До біса усі церемонії! c) Хай тобі щастить! d) Чорт забирай! e) Хай буде так! f) Достатньо сказати, що... g) Хай там що! h) Хай живе …. i) У разі нужди… j) Борони господи! k) Будьте здорові!

EXERCISE 2. FOR EACH OF THE SENTENCES BELOW, WRITE A NEW SENTENCE SIMILAR IN MEANING TO THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE, BUT USING THE FORMULAIC FORMS.

EXAMPLE: It was not I who spoilt the fun at the party. – Far be it from me to spoil the fun at the party.

1. Let your new undertaking be successful. 2. I will quit my job and move to another place if it is necessary. 3. May our Queen live a long time. 4. It is enough to say that he has broken up with his parents. 5. No matter what happens, I am not going to abandon them. 6. Let God save our business. 7. I hate seeing him again. 8. Let God protect us. 9. Should we have to accept their terms, then let it be. 10. May God help the mountain climbers in their attempt to conquer that peak.

1.2. The past forms - subjunctive

The Past subjunctive forms (simple or perfect, active and passive) are used to describe things in the present, past or future which are imagined or unreal. These forms are used after a number of expressions, like if only, suppose/supposing, it is (about, high) time, as if (as though), what if.

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IF ONLY FORMS
V ED IF ONLY S + WERE Ving; HAD V 3 These constructions are used to express regrets for unlikely or impossible things. The past simple and the past continuous are used to talk about the present. The past perfect is used to express regret about something in the past.	1. If only I lived in Great Britain. Якби тільки я жив у Великій Британії. 2. If only we were living on the Moon! Якби тільки ми жили на Місяці. 3. If only he hadn't said it. We are in a difficult situation now. Якби тільки він цього не сказав. Тепер ми у скрутній ситуації.
COULD V (with reference to the IF ONLY S + present) COULD HAVE V 3 (with reference to the past) These constructions are used to demonstrate a desire we can not or could not achieve.	4. If only we could fly like birds. Якби тільки ми могли літати як птахи. 5. If only I could have been present at the meeting that day. Якби тільки я міг бути присутнім на зборах того дня.
IF ONLY S + WOULD V The construction is used to express a desire for someone to change something in the present or future.	6. If only you would stop interfering with me. I am terribly busy. Якби тільки ти припинив мені заважати. У мене дуже багато роботи.

EXERCISE 2. EXPRESS REGRET FOR THE PRESENT SITUATION.

1. Jane smokes. 4. Jill is not hard-working.

2. I don't speak Italian. 5. I'm bad at sport.

3. I haven't got a car. 6. It rains all the time.

EXERCISE 3. PUT THE BEGINNINGS AND ENDS TOGETHER EXPRESSING REGRETS ABOUT THINGS IN THE PAST.

EXAMPLE: If only I had been nicer to my friend at school.

BEGINNINGS	ENDS
study not to get married curl my lip save money go bareheaded	in the winter when I earned much harder at university when I was 18 when she came in

EXERCISE 4. WRITE TEN SENTENCES BEGINNING:

1. If only I could ………

2. If only my friend would ………

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IT IS (HIGH) TIME FORMS
IT IS (WAS) (HIGH) TIME + S + Ved IT IS (WAS) (HIGH) TIME + TO V IT IS (WAS) (HIGH) TIME FOR + OBJECT+ TO V These constructions are used to say that something should be happening now but it is not happening.	1. It was time we started to do something about the situation. Вже був час починати щось із цим робити. 2. It is time to get down to work. Вже час починати працювати. 3. It was time for the students to turn in their essays. Стедентам вже був час здавати есе.

EXERCISE 5. WRITE SENTENCES USING It's high time…

EXAMPLE:

1. I need a new car.

2. My hair needs cutting.

3. The children should go to bed.

4. Jane ought to stop smoking.

5. Jim should start going to gym.

6. We must paint the kitchen.

7. We should go for a drive.

8. Jane should stick to business.

9. Jane should call her parents.

10. Tom and Jerry exchange blows.