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Exercise 7. Translate the following simple sentences using the required form of the Oblique Mood.
1. Aх, если бы мы тогда знали всю правду! 2. Я бы предпочла об это не говорить. 3. Если бы не работа, он посмотрел бы всю пьесу. 4. Мы бы предпочли комнату побольше. 5. Если бы не случай, он бы провалил экзамен. 6. Лучше я не буду вмешиваться. 7. Я бы вам такого не посоветовала. 8. Если бы не акцент, никто бы и не подумал, что он иностранец. 9. Ах, если бы он был более последовательным. 10. Пусть кто-нибудь сообщит ей об этом. 11. Это не в моем характере распространять сплетни. 12. Достаточно сказать, что он не настолько глуп, как вы полагаете. 13. Я куплю это пальто, сколько бы оно ни стоило. 14. Будь что будет, но больше здесь оставаться я не намерен. 15. Да здравствует свобода! 16. Если бы не работа он навестил бы вас. 17. Хорошо, что Майкл сам отказался ехать. А то сейчас бы ворчал и действовал всем на нервы. 18. Если бы не гроза, мы бы не сидели сейчас дома. 19. Ах, если бы я только мог остаться здесь с вами! 20. Будь я на вашем месте, я бы не колебался ни минуты. 21. Что бы вы мне посоветовали посмотреть в Лондоне? 22. Вам было бы лучше сменить прическу. 23. А что если он нас подведет? 24. А что, если кто-нибудь узнает? – Будь что будет! 25. Я скорее буду бедным, чем вором. 26. Кто-нибудь, помогите!!!
Exercise 8. Comment on the kind of clause and the Oblique Mood used in it:
He would look such a fool in his own eyes if he gave in now.
His neat shoes looked as though he had never worn them before.
I wish you would persuade Uncle William to let me leave France.
It’s bad enough that I should have lost all real contact with the children.
Long live the Queen!
I would rather you chose for yourself.
He suggested that we should go to the cinema.
It is high time he went to school.
I would never have seen that place if I hadn’t been in Paris.
I wish he had never been sent out.
He stood looking at her as if she were some fairy.
Somebody open the window!
You had better keep out of sight until it’s all over.
If only Rowley had come!
But for her parents she wouldn’t have entered this university.
Even if I weren’t married, it would be impossible for us to love one another.
And what if Jack should miss the train?
Come what may.
I feared lest he should forget my address.
He looked at Philip as if he were trying to understand.
It’s urgent that he should send the information at once.
In your place I wouldn’t be so upset.
She looked as though she thought it a dream.
I wish you were here.
He laughed and joked as if he were amused .
It’s about time we told him the truth.
Exercise 9. Use Subjunctive II or the Conditional Mood of the infinitives in brackets:
I wish you (to come) and (to look) at my drawings.
He almost felt as if he never (to see) this face before.
It’s time we (to have) a new house.
It (to be) splendid to be like everybody else.
I wished that I (to be) a bit less haughty with the man that night.
They both talked as if they (to be) in constant contact with the professional theatre.
It looks as though some blind chance (to rule) all things.
George looked as though he (to find) it hard to answer.
I wish children (to read) more these days.
It’s time you (to hear) something about your behaviour.
He talked about art as though it (to be) the most important thing in the world.
I wish she (not to argue) with her sister.
He (to speak) to her but for her going out so quickly.
I wish you (not to treat) me as if I (to be) a child.
He sat in his chair rather upright as though he (to be sitting) for an official portrait.
I wish you (not to talk) as if you (to be) my grandfather.
It’s time you (to learn) something about the world you’re living in.
It looked as if he (to find) exactly what he was after.
In you place I (to go) there gladly.
She looked as if she (to watch) a strange scene.
I’d rather Philip (not to go) into the garden.
You had better (to leave) me in peace.
I wish that I (not to commit) so many errors.
If we (to be caught) last night – what (to happen) to us?
If I (not to see) this magnificent canvas, I (not to know) you were an artist.
It is time I (to think) it out again from the beginning.
If you (not to be) so lazy, you (to study) better and (to pass) yesterday’s exam.