UNREAL PAST – more complicated for WRITTEN MATRICULATION
including wish, rather, time, inversion in conditional , modals in continuous forms.
I.Write a similar sentence.
1.Please stop grumbling! WISH
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2.It’s very late. We really ought to be leaving. TIME
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3.It would be nice to know his opinion. Wish
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4.Please keep it a secret for the time being. RATHER
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5.It’s a pity that you are going away so soon. WISH
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6.Would you mind not smoking at table? RATHER
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7.He really should find himsef a regular job. TIME
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8.My parents would prefer us to live in the country. RATHER
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9.When is the weather going to improve? HIGH TIME
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10.Please stop making so much noise! WISH
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II.Inversion in conditionals – rewrite these using BUT FOR
1.If my mother wasn’t interested in what I was doing,I wouldn’t be able to leave. INTEREST
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2.If it hadn’t been for her fault,my parents would have had this masterpiece in the living-room. FAULT
3.If it wasn’t for the fair play, I wouldn’t stay in that job. FAIR
4.If Peter hadn’t had a very strong will, that accident would have killed him. HAVING
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5.The fire would have filled the house completelly if I hadn’t lived next door to the Smiths.
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6.If he hadn’t made a confession of his crime, no-one would have suspected him.
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7.If they hadn’t been angry for her, I would never have invited her to the party.
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III. Use continuous forms of modals.
1.I don’t think he is revising for his test. CAN
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2.I don’t think the hostages have been released yet.
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3.I suppose she was sleeping when you called her. MUST
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4.I think she’s going abroad. MUST
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5.Perhaps you will need some help with that. MAY
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6.Perhaps he was feeling tired yesterday. MAY