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Predicative clausesSubjunctive II is used in predicative clauses introduced by ‘as if’, ‘as though’ after the link verbs to be, to look, to seem, to feel, to behave, to taste, to sound etc. Present Subjunctive II shows simultaneousness, Past Subjunctive II shows priority. e.g. He looks as if he were tired. I feelas if you had never been away.
Ex. 123. Comment on the Subjunctive Mood in predicative clauses introduced by as if, as though. 1. Erik looks as if he were at peace with himself and the universe. 2. Samantha looks as if she had fallen in love. 3. Sindy felt as if she had lived a long, long time. 4. It was as though she were trying to see him through. 5. I never knew what terror was before, I know now. It is as if a hand of ice were laid upon one's heart. 6. The children now felt as if their father had never been away on that terrible war in the Persian Gulf. 7. It sounded as though it might be a good story. 8. It was almost as though I were looking at myself at the age of five. 9. What's the matter with you? You look as though you were miles away.10. Bill behaves as if he had got into Ex. 124. Finish up the sentences showing a) simultaneous actions, b) prior actions, c) the action following the action in the principal clause. (A) 1. Íå looked as if ... (he/to be surprised). 2. Her voice sounds as if ... (she to be upset).3. Why do you look as if ... ? (you/not to believe) 4. She felt as though ... (she/to see). 5. The water tasted as though ... (it/to be not fresh). 6. It was as if ... (we/not to be friends). 7. It seemed as though ... (the man/to cheat).8. He feels as if ... (he/to be fooled). 9. The air smells as though ... (it/to be spring). 10. Why do you look as if ... ? (you/to be angry). (B) 1. The soup tastes as if ... (it/not to salted). 2. He looks as if ... (he/ to be running). 3. I feel as though ... (I/not to sleep). 4. It seems as though ... (the weather/to break). 5. His words sounded as if ... (he/to be offended). 6. She looked as though ... (his movements/to irritate). 7. I feel as if ... (I/to swollow). 8. It is as if ... (she/to deceive). 9. It was as though ... (somebody/to strike). 10. It seemed as if ... (I/not to be). (C) 1. Íå looks as though ... (he/to begin to shout). 2. She felt as if ... (she/to faint). 3. It seems as if ... (it/to be warmer). 4. You sound as though ... (you/never to forgive). 5. They looked as if ... (they/to start). 6. I feel as if ... (I/to get a fever). 7. If seemed as though ... (it/to snow). 8. She feels as though ... (she/'to get better). 9. It was as if ... (they/to make peace). 10. The sun shone as though ... (it/to dry every thing). Date: 2015-12-18; view: 1662
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a pretty good mess. 11. He managed to make his words sound as if he had a bad taste in the month. 12. The trunk looked as though it would fall on our heads. 13. The Stones behaved as though we were the bitterest of enemies and hadn't been living next door to each other for twenty-four years.