虚 拟 语 气 练 习 (I)               

1. If you had come earlier, you _____ the famous scientist.

  a. could be met    b. might meet                c. would have met             d. would meet

2. If she had worked harder, she ______.

  a. would succeed   b. had succeeded    c. would succeed          d. would have succeeded

3. I wish I ______ a young man again.

  a. will be                     b. shall be             c. am                           d. were

4. I wish that you _____ such a bad headache because I’m sure that you would have enjoyed the concert.

  a. haven’t                    b. haven’t had       c. hadn’t                     d. hadn’t  had

5. Shall I buy the car? If I were you, I ___ buy it.

  a. shan’t                      b. won’t                      c. wouldn't                   d. not

6. If I _____ the way to New York, I ____.

  a. knew…would drive                          b. knew … will drive

  c. knew …would have drive              d. had known .. would drive

7. It would be a mistake _____.

  a. if we should not help him                             b. if we had not helped him

  c. if we have not helped him                       d. if we don’t help him

8._____ ten minutes earlier, you would have seen this world—famous scientist.

  a. If you come       b. If you have come      c. If you came       d. Had you come

9. Without your help, we_______ so much.

  a. will not achieve        b. didn’t achieve           c. don’t achieve     d. would not have achieved

10.   It’s time that we _____ breakfast, but we have not.

a. will have           b. shall have                 c. have                 d. had

11.   His doctor suggested that he ______ out for a walk after supper.

  a. go                 b. goes                 c. went                  d. would go

12.   He insisted that we ____ the place in three days. Otherwise we would get into trouble.

  a. had to leave          b. leave                c. must leave         d. would leave

13.   Everyone agreed to his suggestion ______ a bridge be built across the river.

  a. as                         b. which                      c. that                   d. so that

14.   Dr. Bethune worked hard as if he ______.

  a. never feel tired             b. had never felt tired           c. have never felt tired         d. never tired

15.   I looks _____ it’s going to rain.

  a. that              b. as              c. as if           d. like that

16.   It is important that I _____ with Mr. William.

  a. shall speak            b. spoke         c. speak         d. would speak

17.   It is necessary that we _____ our plan.

  a. would change               b. changes             c. should change           d. shall change

18. It is strange that he ____ so.

  a. doing            b. should do          c. had done           d. would do

19.   My father was angry and ordered that my brother ______ the room at once.

  a. leave             b. left            c. would leave              d. was leaving

20.   _______, I would take an umbrella with me.

  a. Had I been you             b. I were you               c. Were I you               d. I had been you

21.   If I ________ do the experiment, I would do it some other way.

  a. were to           b.    had         c. am                    d.    was

 

虚 拟 语 气 练 习 (II)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the verbs in the brackets:

1. I wish my wife _____ (be) here to advise me.

2. I wish I _____ (have) your opportunities when I was young.

3. If only we _____ (have) a phone! I’m tired of queuing outside the public phone box.

4. --- But I told you what to do.

  --- I know you did. If only I _____ (take) your advice!

5. If only he _____ (not smoke) so much, he’d feel much better.

6. If only he _____ (know) that the disease was curable!

7. I would rather you _____ (go) home now.

8. --- Would you like him to paint your door with yellow stars?

  --- I’d rather he _____ (paint) it blue, and without any decorations.

9. It’s time he _____ (make) a real effort to settle down.

10. In weightless space, one may at first feel as if one _____ (fall) endlessly; soon it will pass.

11. I’d rather you _____ (not do) anything about it for the time being.

12. It’s high time that the children _____ (get) dressed.

13. The machine is eight years old, but it operates as if _____ (be) new.

14. Smith talked as if he _____ (do) all the work himself, but in fact Tom and I did most of it.

15. The dean of studies strongly advises that Laura _____ (participate) in the remedial writing class.

16. It is necessary that Tom _____ (fill) in all the blanks on an application for a job.

17. It is appropriate that this tax _____ (abolish).

18. It is ridiculous that we _____ (be) short of water in a country where it is always raining.

19. They are all for your suggestion that the discussion _____ (put) off.

20. It is essential that Jones _____ (be) prepared for emergency.  

21. We feel it is urgent that his deficiency _____ (correct) as early as possible.

22. You used wet sticks that’s why the fire took so long to light. If you _____ (use) dry sticks, it _____ (light) long ago.

23. The fog _____ (come) down suddenly and I suppose they didn’t know which way to turn; if only they _____ (have) a map and a compass with them, they _____ (not drown).

24. The launching of the rocket _____ (delay) an hour by bad weather. If the weather _____ (be) good, they _____ (launch) it at 8:00 instead of at 9:00.

25. A flower pot fell off the balcony on to the head of a man who _____ (stand) below. It was most unfortunate that he _____ (happen) to be standing just there. If he _____ (stand) a foot to the right or left, he _____ (be) unharmed.

26. Chichester could not help thinking that if anything _____ (happen), the nearest person he could contact by radio, unless there _____ (be) a ship nearby, _____ (be) on an island 885 miles away.

27. If all our air should suddenly rush away into the outer space, the blue of the sky _____ (be) gone. The sun and the stars _____ (shine) in black sky.

28. I can hear the speaker all right but I wish I _____ (see) him too. If he _____ (stand) on a barrel we all _____ (see) him and that _____ (be) much better.

29. If the exit doors hadn’t been blocked, people _____ (escape) from the burning hall. 

30. The astronauts would have walked farther on the moon if they _____ (not hamper) by the thick dust.

31. One word of warning: don’t underline everything you read. If you mark too much, the important material _____ (not stand) out, and you _____ (be) just as confused as if you _____ (not mark) anything at all.

32. If you were listening, you _____ (understand) the directions.

33. What you _____ (do) if you had known the boy _____ (be) hungry?

34. When he left school he became a postman. His family _____ (not like) it at all. They _____ (be) much happier if he _____ (become) a greengrocer like his father.

35. --- Is the pie all gone?

   --- Yes. Why, would you like another piece?

   --- No, I _____ (be) full. I _____ (not eat) another piece even if I _____ (want) to.

 36. --- What’s the matter?

   --- I went to the game last night, and my cold got worse.

   --- You _____ (stay) home.

   --- If I _____ (know) it _____ (go) to snow, I _____ (stay) home.

37. Even if my sister _____ (be) free, she _____ (not go) to the movie, since she _____ (see) it many times.

38. If you _____ (send) the car to the garage, you _____ (not mend) it yourself now.