Lesson 11, Grammar

Lesson 11, Homework

Create sentences using the following phrases:

a)

• I wish
• If only I knew
• They felt as if
• He would call you,
• He looked as if
• He would
• It is urgent
• It is strange

b)

• he had knocked over a bank.
• they had become students once again.
• where he is. I am looking for him now, but I don’t know where to search.
• but he is busy today.
• that you should have heard about this so late.
• that you learn English.
• have bought the flowers, but the shop was closed.
• I knew everything before!

Choose the needed Subjunctive to express:

1) an impossible or desirable action that can’t really happen;

2) an action that could have really happened, but haven’t;

3) a necessary or desirable action that can happen.

a) Subjunctive

b) Subjunctive

c) Subjunctive similar to Conditional

Insert in the blanks (I knew, had knocked, should, hadn’t, should have, were, become, would, learn, would have):

• He __ call you, but he is busy today.
• He __ __ bought the flowers, but the shop was closed.
• It is urgent that you __ the whole Wikipedia.
• It is strange that you __ do this today.
• It is sad that you __ __ heard about this so late.
• If only my brother __ here!
• If only __ __ where he is. I am looking for him now, but I don’t know where to search.
• I wish I __ told them about my projects.
• He looked as if he __ __ over a bank.
• They felt as if they had __ students once again.

Lesson 11, Answers

Match the beginnings and endings: 

• I wish I knew all this already!
• If only I knew where he is. I am looking for him now, but I don’t know where to search.
• They felt sorry that you should have heard about this so late
• He would call you, but he is busy today.
• He looked as if he had knocked off a bank.
• He would have bought the flowers, but the shop was closed.
• It is urgent that you learn English.
• It was strange that they had become students once again.

Choose the needed subjunctive to express: 

• an impossible or desirable action that can’t really happen – subjunctive 2
• an action that could have really happened, but haven’t – subjunctive similar to conditional
• a necessary or desirable action that can happen – subjunctive 1

Fill in the blanks 

• He would call you, but he is busy today.
• He would have bought the flowers, but the shop was closed.
• It is urgent that you learn the whole Wikipedia.
• It is strange that you should do this today.
• It is sad that you should have heard about this so late.
• If only my brother were here!
• If only I knew where he is. I am looking for him now, but I don’t know where to search.
• I wish I hadn’t told them about my projects.
• He looked as if he had knocked off a bank.
• They felt as if they had become students once again.