The Use of Moods in Complex Sentences Subjunctive II in Complex Sentences

Exercise 30. State the form of the verb. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. "Shall I come and pick you up and we'll go together? It's time you met the old lady, you know." "I'd like to very much, Beatrice," I said. (D.M.) 2. "Isn't it time you were earning your own living?" (L.Prodromou) 3. "I wish the air were cooler." (W.G.) 4. "You'll wish you had never set foot in this house before I am through with you!" (A.C.D.) 5. Demerest wished desperately he were flying himself. (A.H.) 6. I did not want to know. I wished I had not come. (D.M.) 7. "I wish she could stay with us another week," said Amelia. (W.Th.) 8. "I wish you could have seen the faces of the Misses Blackbrook when Captain Rawdon selected me for a partner!" (W.Th.) 9. He looked at the icy thunder-rain as if it were the end of the world. (D.H.L.) 10. "Good God, my dear chap, how white you are! You look as if you had seen a ghost." (A.C.D.) 11. When Pascale saw the kitchen, she felt as though she had been punched in the stomach, and all she could do was groan. (D.S.) 12. Isn't it about time our baby could walk? (L.G.Alexander) 13. "Please," Inez said, "I want to ask about flights to Rome." As if a button had been pressed, Miss Young replied that Trans America had direct non-stop flights from Lincoln International to Rome on Tuesdays and Fridays. (A.H.) 14. "I wish I had our Dinah here!" said Alice aloud. "And who is Dinah?" "Dinah's our cat. I wish you could see her after the birds!" … "I wish I hadn't mentioned Dinah!" she said to herself. "Nobody seems to like her." (L.C.) 15. My head felt as if it were split open. (D.Biber) 16. "Hullo." The officer nodded, as if a question had been answered. "Are there any adults – any grown-ups with you?" Dumbly, Ralph shook his head. (W.G.)

Exercise 31.Paraphrase the sentences using subjunctive II in subject clauses after "it's time".

1. It is necessary to teach him a lesson. – It's high time he were… . 2. I think you should get some sleep. 3. "Well, Miss Kenton, thank you for the cocoa. It's time for me to be turning in." 4. Why can't our baby walk yet? Isn't it time for him to do so? 5. "Come away, my dears! It's high time for you to be in bed!" (L.C.) 6. We've enjoyed the evening, but we should have left before this. 7. "I'm going to the airport tonight. By God! – it's necessary for somebody to do it." 8. If you really have been studying English so long, it's about time for you to be able to write your letters in English. 9. We've had no luck with the stocking manufacturers yet. It was time for us to get hold of something. 10. It is necessary to put an end to the war. 11. You don't seem to realize the importance of reading books in the original. 12. It's high time for you to thank Aunt Lucy for her present. 13. He should learn to look after himself. 14. I think we should have a party. 15. We don't seem to take global warming seriously.

Exercise 32. Answer the questions using subjunctive II after "it's time".

1. What would you say if a friend of yours didn't want to read books in the original? 2. What would you recommend to a person who became ill through overwork? 3. What would you say to a student who doesn't know the forms of the verb "to lie"? What are they, by the way? 4. What would you say to a child who can't look after himself? 5. What would you say about a person if you wanted to teach him a lesson? 6. What would you say if you hadn't had a party for a long time? 7. What would you say to a person who is sleepy? 8. What would you say to a person who doesn't seem to take global warming seriously? 9. What would you say to a pupil who has been learning the language for a long time and can't write his letters in English? 10. What would you ask a person who still hasn't thanked his aunt for her present? 11. What would you say if the weather didn't seem to improve? 12. What would you say to a man if he didn't want to find himself a regular job?

Exercise 33 . Translate the sentences into English.

1. Погоде давно пора бы улучшиться. 2. Пора бы нам устроить вечеринку. 3. Его давно пора проучить. 4. Думаю, тебе пора бы немного поспать. 5. Не пора ли нашему малышу уже пойти (уметь ходить)? 6. Не пора ли ему встать? 7. Не пора ли нам всерьез принимать глобальное потепление? 8. Нам очень понравился вечер, но пора идти. 9. Я еду в аэропорт сегодня вечером. Ей богу, кому-то пора это сделать." 10. Не пора ли выключить свет? 11. Ты все еще не поблагодарил тетушку Люси за подарок! Тебе пора бы это сделать. 12. Не пора ли ему обратиться к зубному врачу? 13. Ты еще спишь? Тебе пора бы завтракать уже. 14. Пора бы ей читать такие книги в оригинале. 15. Не пора ли ему подыскать себе приличную работу?

Exercise 34.State the form of the verb. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. Scarlett couldn't run away! To run away would only give them more ammunition. She pounded her clenched fist against the tall white pillar beside her, and she wished she were Samson, so that she could pull down all of Twelve Oaks and destroy every person in it. She'd make them sorry. She'd show them. (M.M.) 2. Brody stood on a dune overlooking the beach. He wished Ellen had come with him, to make him feel less conspicuous, but she had begged off. (P.B.) 3. I did not hesitate to put the question that came to the tip of my tongue. After all, if you want to know something the best was is to ask. "Do you wish now you had married him?" (S.M.) 4. He wished it were Tuesday already. (Longman Dictionary) 5. "I ought to have told you all this before," I said. "I wish you had," he said. "I might have spared you some worry." (D.M.) 6. I wish I hadn't taken your advice! 7. Allen Carr is an ex-accountant, an ex-overweight person and a reformed smoker. Having plunged my way through his "Easyweigh to Lose Weight" book, I wish he had stuck to figures. (S.Times) 8. "I wish," I said savagely, "I wish I were a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls." "You would not be in this car with me if you were," he said, "and stop biting those nails, they are ugly enough already." (D.M.) 9. "So that's that. And now eat up your peaches, and don't ask me any more questions, or I shall put you in the corner." "I wish you would not treat me as if I were six, I said. (D.M.) 10. "I wish the rain would come." "I wish the air were cooler." "I wish we could go home." (W.G.) 11. Wishing he could have seen these rare stamps that were beyond the reach of any but the wealthiest collectors, Andy picked a book from the shelf and made himself look through it. The pages were almost all empty. Mr Henderson had taken all the rare stamps. (A.Hit.) 12. Demerest wished he were flying himself. With anyone else but Harris – with a younger or less senior captain – Demerest would have taken full command. (A.H.)

Exercise 35. Translate the sentences paying attention to the use of modal verbs in object clauses after the verb wish (see 5.5.1.2.3.).

1. "I wish the rain would come." "I wish the air were cooler." "I wish we could go home." (W.G.) 2. "I wish we could get a description of the fellow," said Colonel Anderson irritably. "We're as much in the dark as ever." (A.Chr.) 3. "Don't cry too much, poor Arabella, she only won't see you, because she says you don't nurse her as well as I do. It's no pleasure to me to sit up all night. I wish you might do it instead. Well, sick people have these fancies, and must be humored. (W.Th.) 4. "I wish you wouldn't interrupt just when I'm really getting to the exciting point." (S.M.) 5. I wished Maxim would not always treat me as a child, rather spoilt, rather irresponsible. I wished something would happen to make me look wiser, more mature. I did not want to be a child. I wanted to be his wife, his mother. I wanted to be old. (D.M.) 6. If you are motoring to Bonsall Head tomorrow, Lucille, I wish you would take a message from me to Lady Louth. (D.H.L.) 7. I wish I didn't have to go to work today. 8. "No one can help me," said Larry wearily. "It's (the headache) just killing me and sometimes I wish to God it would." (S.M.) 9. "The point is, can you help me?" "I wish I could," said the man, and Miller believed he had met an official who genuinely would like to help him. "I repeat I wish I could help you." (F.F.) 10. "I certainly wish you would play ball now and then, Oliver." (E.S.) 11. She had obviously made up her mind: she was going to tell me everything. I discovered that I had three half-sisters and a half-brother, all living in France. I wish I could put back the clock. I hate the idea of causing my remarkable father pain. (S.Times) 12. The atmosphere was becoming rather strained again. I wished that Frith would come in and announce lunch. (D.M.)

Exercise 36. Answer the following questions using subjunctive II in object clauses after the verb wish, e.g.

A. Are you an economist? à I wish I were.

1. Are you a manager? 2. Are you a queen? 3. Are you British? 4. Can you speak Italian? 5. Have you got a car? 6. Is supper ready? 7. Do you know his address? 8. Are you a fifth-year student? 9. Have you got much spare time? 10. Can your sister speak English?

B. Has she come back? – I wish she had.

11. Has he returned from his business trip? 12. Have you bought a new washing machine? 13. Did you see your niece yesterday? 14. Has she passed her exams? 15. Did you get a message from him last week? 16. Can you help my nephew? 17. Has he phoned you? 18. Is your grandfather alive? 19. Did you know she had been to our city? 20. Can your baby walk?

Exercise 37. Paraphrase the following so as to use subjunctive II in object clauses after the verb wish.

1. If only she were with us! 2. It's a pity he isn't here. 3. If only I knew the answer! 4. It's a pity I can't fly. 5. What a pity his grandfather isn't alive this day! 6. If only he had let someone else drive! 7. It's a pity he won't drive carefully. 8. I'm sorry to have taken your advice. 9. "What a pity she can't stay with us another week," said Amelia. 10. If only I had taken your advice! 11. It's a pity people won't use bins. 12. It's a pity we won't recycle more paper. 13. It's a pity I didn't take your advice. 14. It's a pity people will use their cars so often. 15. It's a pity you don't want to be quiet! Your talking irritates me. 16. What a pity I have to get up and go to work this morning! 17. Demerest was sorry not to be flying himself. 18. Brandt was sorry not to have kept the diary to himself and thrown it away. 19. I felt rather sick. I regretted having been there to see. 20. Perhaps it did not do to apologize. I was sorry not to know what to say, what to do. 21. If only we had not followed their advice! 22. What a pity we crashed the car yesterday! 23. Unfortunately, my ex-partner and I are not on speaking terms any longer. 24. I did not want to know. I regretted having come. 25. What a pity it isn't Sunday yet!

Exercise 38. Translate the sentences into English using subjunctive II in object clauses after the verb wish. Use the modal verb can or will where possible.

1. Жаль, что я такого маленького роста. / Как бы мне хотелось быть повыше ростом! 2. Как жаль, что здесь нет моей тетушки! / Как бы мне хотелось, чтобы тетушка была сейчас здесь! 3. Как жаль, что от тебя так мало помощи! 4. Как жаль, что он не дал тогда сесть за руль (вести машину) кому-нибудь другому! Аварии бы не было. 5. Жаль, что он вышел из себя. 6. Как хотелось бы, чтобы это было правдой! / Жаль, что это не правда! 7. Жаль, что мы не можем сделать радио! / Как хотелось бы, чтобы мы могли сделать радио! – Или лодку. 8. Теперь, 15 лет спустя, он сожалел, что не столкнулся (to face) с этим фактом раньше. 9. "Жаль, что она не может остаться с нами еще на неделю," – сказала Амелия. 10 Обидно, что приходится сегодня идти на работу. / Как хотелось бы не ходить на работу сегодня! 11. Сожалею, что не в силах Вам помочь. / Хотелось бы мне Вам помочь! 12. Я хотел бы, чтобы ты все-таки поторопилась! / Обидно, что ты не хочешь поспешить. 13. Атмосфера опять накалялась (to become strained). Было жаль, что Фриц все никак не приходил объявить обед. 14. Конечно, мне жаль, что ты не хочешь время от времени поиграть в мяч, Оливер. 15. Все-таки жаль, что дети так много времени проводят перед телевизором. Как хотелось бы, чтобы они поменьше играли в компьютерные игры! 16. Ах, если бы эта машина ехала побыстрее! / Обидно, что эта машина никак не едет быстрее! 17. Да, перестань же наконец рассказывать мне то, что я уже прекрасно знаю! / Жаль, что ты упорно рассказываешь мне то, что … 18. Ну, почему эти люди за стеной никак не убавят звук своего телевизора?! 19. Жаль, что он не соглашается вести машину осторожно. / Как бы мне хотелось, чтобы он вел машину осторожно! 20. Жаль, папа не согласен, чтобы у меня был пони. 21. Да перестаньте же вы наконец так шуметь! 22. Ну, перестань же смотреть телевизор, когда я с тобой разговариваю!

Exercise 39. State the form of the verb. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. I had never heard of Christophe before. "Was that before you met, Dad?" "Sort of … " she replied. She was looking at me very intently, as if she were watching for some sort of sign. Then, breathing deeply again, she told me to sit down. (S.Times) 2. "Why do you hate me?" The boys stirred uneasily, as though something indecent had been said. The silence lengthened. (W.G.) 3. "I'm going up the mountain." The words came from Jack viciously, as they were a curse. He looked at Ralph, his thin body tensed, his spear held as if he threatened him. (W.G.) 4. "I did not like to tell you, I thought it would remind you of Rebecca." "Remind me?" whispered Maxim. "Oh, God, as if I needed reminding." (D.M.) 5. He comes from an era when middle-class boys who made it into the media [TV] instinctively mimicked their betters: he took to wearing bow ties and, as if his lisp weren't enough, developed a languid drawl. (S.T.) 6. "But you'd have to hurry. Just a moment." Miss Young sounded hesitant, her voice more human, as if some of Inez's distress had penetrated through the phones. "I really shouldn't do this, but I'll give you a little tip." (A.H.) 7. "Well, the matter is, sir, that you can't take a girl like that as if you were picking up a pebble on the beach." "Very well, then. You can adopt her, Mrs. Pearce: I'm sure a daughter would be a great amusement to you." (B.Sh.) 8. In a moment the green, ghostly figure glided out of one of the open doors and then, very slowly, faded out. As if, Bob said later, it had oozed right through the wall. (A.Hit.) 9. "Yes!" The man burst out. "That ghost will ruin us!" Then, as if he regretted the outburst, his voice became calmer. (A.Hit.) 10. He did not answer, and I was aware again of that feeling of discomfort, as though I had trespassed on forbidden ground. (D.M.) 11. He spoke as if he meant business. (L.G.Alexander) 12. "Shut up, you! Shut up!" Percival would not shut up. The crying went on, breath after breath, and seemed to sustain him upright as if he were nailed to it. (W.G.)

Exercise 40. Instructions as for 39.

1. "It looks as though there were complete incompatibility of temper between you. It's much better that you should have found it out before marriage." "I want to marry…" (S.M.) 2. There was no one in the apartment. The place was ghastly, somehow. It was as if violence had visited it in the midst of a cloistered silence; a tray full of dishes, cutlery and half-finished food lay on the floor, almost under the bed. (E.Q.) 3. "Yes, but these letters were received afterwards. So it looks, does it not, as though you typed them yourself and posted them to yourself?" "No, no! It's all part of a plot against me!" (A.Chr.) 4. Mr Mayfair's rage had been so violent that the boy felt as if he had been through some kind of storm. (A.Hit.) 5. He had a power, you know. I should imagine he could make a woman feel rather like a queen! I've always thought that he made Brenda feel as though she were an exciting romantic person. (A.Chr.) 6. Ellery related what he had found. The young visitor from Albany looked as if he might faint. (E.Q.) 7. "Well, you look as if you could do with a square meal and the things you've got on are only fit for the garbage can." (S.M.) 8. This was a woman's room, graceful, fragile, the room of someone who had chosen every particle of furniture with great care. It was as though she who had arranged this room had said: "This I will have, and this, and this." (D.M.)

Exercise 41. Use the appropriate form of subjunctive II in clauses of comparison and predicative clauses.

1. He looked at the icy thunder-rain as if it (to be) the end of the world. (D.H.L.) 2. I had never heard of Christophe before. "Was that before you met Dad?" "Sort of … " she replied. She was looking at me very intently, as if she (to watch) for some sort of sign. Then, breathing deeply again, she told me to sit down. (S.Times) 3. He was the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow. His hair still lay in wisps over his head as though baldness (to be) his natural state. (W.G.) 4. Michael was not as tender as he had been. As if he (to be) on guard against her. But it was as if he never (to be) away. (M.P.) 5. The place was ghastly, somehow. It was as if violence (to visit) it in the midst of a cloistered silence. (E.Q.) 6. I stepped over the threshold and stopped dead. The small room looked as though it (to visit) by a tornado. (A.Chr.) 7. Her mind was as if a cyclone (to go) through it. And it seemed strange that the dining-room should be so unchanged from what it had always been as if nothing (to happen). (M.M.) 8. The paper says that the ghost was seen outside a big warehouse, then later among some big trucks outside a truckmen's diner. It almost looks as if the ghost (to look for) some place else to stay, now that his home is being torn down. (A.Hit.) 9. Jordon was lean and angular, and always looked as if he (to need) a good meal. (A.H.) 10. The caravans, the other women: everything was natural to her, her home, as if she (to be born) there. She wondered if the gipsy was aware of her. (D.H.L.) 11. Her charming way of treating me as if she and I (to be) of an age made conversation easy. (S.M.) 12. "They tried to kill my father and nearly did. Luca Brasi went after them. The story is that he killed six men in two weeks and that ended the famous olive oil war." He smiled as if it (to be) a joke. Kay shuddered. (M.P.)

Exercise 42. Paraphrase the following using complex sentences with clauses of comparison, e.g. He sighed. Other people could stand up and speak to an assembly as though speaking to only one person. à Other people could stand up and speak to an assembly as if they were speaking to only one person. (W.G.)

1. "I wish you would not treat me like a child of six," I said. 2. Joseph at this burst out into a wild fit of laughter, in which encounting the eye of Miss Sharp, he stopped all of a sudden, as if shot. 3. He heard a curious trickling sound and then a louder crepitation like someone's unwrapping of great sheets of cellophane. 4. They both felt uncomfortable, as if not knowing whether to go on or go back. 5. She acted as if mad. 6. The woman's eyes were red so that it seemed that she had been crying. She took no notice as Cindy came in. 7. "Yes, sir." Mrs Potter began to wring her hands as if still over the tub. 8. The sun had gone and it seemed that the light had been turned off. 9. There was the unmistakable sound of running feet, accompanied by an uneven scraping, and it seemed that something was being dragged. 10. Both Simon and Piggy were looking up at the mountain. And Simon cried out as though having hurt himself. "Ralph! Ralph!" 11. Rosemary put up her face quietly to be kissed. He looked at her for a moment as if not understanding. 12. He greeted me with pleasant cordiality and indeed seemed so glad to see me that one might think I was an old friend. 13. "Shut up, you! Shut up!" Percival would not shut up. The crying went on, breath after breath, and seemed to sustain him upright so that it seemed that he was nailed to it. 14. It was impossible not to be moved when Larry spoke, haltingly as though forcing himself to say what he would sooner have left unsaid. (S.M.) 15. "You will order your little dinner every day; and anything you take a fancy to, I'm sure will be so readily provided that it may seem to you that you are a Lady." 16. "Well, don't say good-bye as though going away for ever," laughed Lily.

Exercise 43. Translate the sentences using subjunctive II in clauses of comparison and predicative clauses.

1. Ему только 40. Почему ты говоришь о нем так, словно он старик? 2. Они обращаются со мной так, как если бы я был их родным сыном. 3. "Не прощайся так, словно ты уезжаешь навсегда!" 4. У тебя такой вид, как будто ты совсем не спал. 5. Он, казалось, был так рад меня видеть, как будто я был старым другом. 6. Саймон вскрикнул, как будто ушибся. 7. Кэй склонила голову, словно молилась, но она была еще не совсем готова к этому. 8. Континенты поднимаются (to rise up) из глубин океана, как если бы они были гигантскими айсбергами. 9. "Боже праведный, как ты побелел! У тебя такой вид, словно ты привидение увидел." 10. Я переступил порог и остановился как вкопанный (dead). Комнатка выглядела так, как будто по ней пронесся (to visit) торнадо. 11. Джордан был худым и угловатым и всегда выглядел так, словно ему нужно хорошенько поесть. 12. Никто его не замечал. И Доббин знал, что он начисто забыт, как если бы он никогда и не существовал на этом свете. 13. "Мы трое" – там, где раньше была сотня! Она знала, что ее голос должен быть ровным (steady). К ее удивлению, слова полились (to come out) так спокойно и естественно, как будто никогда и не было войны и она могла бы, взмахнув рукой, призвать к себе десяток домашних слуг. 14. Ребенок быстро взглянул на одну няню, затем на другую, будто понимал и чувствовал, что говорят. 15. Она уставилась на меня в изумлении, как будто я – видение, неожиданное в этой части дома.

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