Revision Exercises

1. Complete the following sentences using the suggested word combinations, analyze the type of the subordinate clause and the mood used: Model:

to take smb. to the pictures

1. They are out. It looks as if he …had taken her to the pictures. (a predicative clause, the past subjunctive II)

2. It was arranged that I …should take her to the pictures. (a subject clause, the present suppositional)

3. I came home earlier than usual so that I …might take her to the pictures. (an adverbial clause of purpose, a modal phrase)

4. She suggested that I …should take her to the pictures. (an object clause, the present suppositional)

5. What of it if she did not like the film? It’s not as if you … had taken her to the pictures. (a predicative clause, the past subjunctive II)

6. I wish you … took me to the pictures. (an object clause, the present subjunctive II)

7. Her only wish was that he … should take her to the pictures. (a predicative clause, the present suppositional)

a) to do the shopping

1. I’m so busy today. I wish I … .2. The ice – box is full. It looks as if mother … . 3. She positively insisted that we … . 4. When she saw the parcels heaped on the kitchen table she feared that/lest her husband … . 5. She did not mind their critical remarks. It was not as if she herself … . 6. It was arranged that I … while they went to the beach. 7. The arrangement was that her sister … . 8. She did not approve of the arrangement that her elder daughter … . 9. He gave her half of what was left of the money so that she … .

b) to have a bite

1. It will be arranged that every child … . 2. Someone suggested that each child … . 3. She wished she … . 4. I won’t give you any money lest you … before lunch. 5. She felt hungry. It was not as if she … like all the other children. 6. Here, take some change so that you … . 7. I did not like the arrangement that they … instead of a sit down meal. 8. She felt no fear that/lest the children … instead of the regular school – lunch. 9. Isn’t it time we all … ? 10. She won’t be pleased that you … with the money she gave you.

c) to do the washing up

1. Mother insisted that we … .2. The arrangement was that each Sunday we … . 3. He behaved as if he … all his life. 4. There’s not so much as a single cup in the sink. It looks as somebody … . 5. I don’t see why you should interfere, it’s not as if you … . 6. She put on a kind of striped pinafore over her party dress so that … . 7. The party was over and she had only one wish that somebody … . 8. It was necessary that Mary … . 9. Looking at the pile of dirty dishes in the sink she wished she … before going out. 10. She feared that/lest her mother – in – law … and should complain about it for days.

2. Define the kind of adverbial clauses in the following complex sentences. Comment on the verb forms used in the adverbial clauses.

1. Write down the time-table of the lectures lest you should forget it.

2. I’ve written down the timetable of the lectures that you may copy it.

3. There is nothing I wouldn’t do for your brother now. I’ve come to like him as if he were my own.

4. He again began to draw and write with a sort of remoteness, as if he were a long way off.

5. Whatever the consequences may be, you must go there at once.