EXERCISE 4. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form:
1. It’s just struck midnight. It’s high time we (leave)_______.
2. If only I (have)_ _____a phone! I’m tired of queuing outside the public phone box.
3. He walks as if he (have)__ ____a wooden leg.
4. I wish I (know)_______what is wrong with my car.
5. Wife: I’d like to get a job.
Husband: I’d much rather you (stay)______at home and (look)______after the house.
6. Suppose you (not know)________where your next meal was coming from?
7. You talk as though it (be)_____a small thing to leave your country forever.
8. If you (tie)_______that boat up, it wouldn’t have drifted away.
9. It looks like rain; you (have)______better take a coat.
10. But I told you what to do.
- I know you did. If only I (take)_______your advice.
11. He treats us as if we (be)_______all idiots.
12. I wish I (ask)__________the fishmonger to clean these fish. (I’m sorry I didn’t ask him).
13. I said “Sunday”
- I wish you (not say) Sunday. We’ll never be ready by then.
14. I wish transitor radios never (be)_______invented.
15. I’d rather I (know)_____French.
16. If only I (can)_______swim.
17. He insists that we (be)______careful in our writing.
18. They demanded that he (tell)_______her the truth.
19. I suggest that everyone (write)_______a letter to the governor.
20. It is important that he (be)________the director of the English program.
21. It is essential that he (meet)_______you tomorrow.
22. Her advisor recommended that she (take)________five courses.
23. It was such a beautiful day that one of the students suggested we (have)_____class outside.
24. The movie director insisted that everything about his production (be)____authentic.
25. She asked that we (be)______sure to lock the door behind us.
26. They requested that we (go, not)_______after midnight.
27. It is imperative that he (return)_____home immediately.
28. She specifically asked that I (tell,not)_______anyone else about it
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1. Almost everybody (leave) ........had left ....... by the time we (arrive) .........arrived.........
2. He(wonder) .........wondered......... whether he (leave) .......had left.... his wallet at home.
3. The secretary (not leave) .....won't leave..... until she (finish) ....finishes..... her work.
4.The couple scarcely (enter) ....had scarely entered.. the house when they (begin) ......began........to argue
5. The teacher (ask) ......asked...... the boy why he (not do) .......hadn't done....... his homework.
6. She already (post) .....had already posted..... the letter when she (realize) ....realized.... she (send). ...........had sent....... it to the wrong address.
7. Hardly the car (go) .......had the car gone...... a mile when it (have)....had.. aflat tyre.
8. The weather (be) ......was....... far worse than we (expect)........had expected.........
9. They (be married)....have been married..... for five years when they finally (have)........had....... a child
10. No sooner they (sell) ........had they sold......... their car than they (regret)...regretted...having done so
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1. Almost everybody (leave) ....HAD LEFT ........... by the time we (arrive) ........ARRIVED..........
2. He(wonder) ........WONDERED.......... whether he (leave) ......HAD LEFT..... his wallet at home.
3. The secretary (not leave) .....DIDN'T LEAVE..... until she (finish) ......HAD FINISHED... her work.
4.The couple scarcely (enter) ..HAD..SCARELY ENTERED..the house when they (begin) .....BEGAN.........to argue
5. The teacher (ask) ......ASKED...... the boy why he (not do) .......HADN'T DONE....... his homework.
6. She already (post) .......HAD ALREADY POSTED... the letter when she (realize) ....REALIZED.... she (send). .......HAD SENT........... it to the wrong address.
7. Hardly the car (go) .....HAD THE CAR GONE........ a mile when it (have)...HAD... aflat tyre.
8. The weather (be) .....WAS........ far worse than we (expect).......EXPECTED..........
9. They (be married)......HAD BEEN MARRIED... for five years when they finally (have)..........HAD..... a child
10. No sooner they (sell) ...HAD THEY SOLD.............. their car than they (regret)...REGRETED...having done so