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Subjunctive Mood. Conjunctive. The Gerund. The Participle. The Subjective Infinitive Construction. The Object with the Infinitive Construction
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Subjunctive Mood
177. If wishes were horses, beggars …ride ( might; would may; will be allowed to )
178. If we … …air, there would be no sound (won’t have; hadn’t had; did not have)
179. If the Titanic had not hit an iceberg, she … … on her first voyage (would not sink; would not have sunk; did not sink)
180. If the Spanish government … … Columbus with ships, he would not have discovered a new continent (did not equip; had not equipped; were not equipping)
181. He speaks as if he … …London himself (visited; visits; had visited)
182. It’s high time we … the report for consideration to the committee (had submitted; submitted; submit)
183. If he didn’t like people, he … a doctor (would had become; wouldn’t become; wouldn’t have become)
184. But for the revolution the King … (wasn’t executed; won’t have been executed; wouldn’t have been executed)
185. If it were not for his advice, Tom … advantage of the situation ( wouldn’t have taken; didn’t take; won’t take)
186. If I were you, I … …a computer (would buy; would have bought; will have bought)
187. If I were you, I … …England years ago ( would visit; will be visiting; would have visited)
Conjunctive
188. I wish you …interrupting me ( to stop; would stop; have stopped)
189. I wish you …us on the excursion (joining; could have joined; to join)
190. I wish you …me something about the Tower of London (would tell; told; telling)
191. I suggest that the film …developed at once ( be; would have been; to be)
192. I insist that that letter …immediately (be answering; to be answer; be answered)
193. It is necessary that you … … a travelcard and use it at any time at weekends and Bank Holidays (would be buying; buy; should have bought)
194. I demand that he …the results of the experiment at the conference ( would have been announcing; should announce; to announce)
195. It is important that the problem …today (be solved; is solved; is being solved)
196. I propose that the problem …on the agenda (to be put; be put; to put)
The Gerund
197. …plants and animals deep in the ocean, science may find a cure for some of the most serious human diseases (on studying; by studying; having studied)
198. He is looking forward …to the country (to going; for going; to having gone)
199. William the Conqueror is famous for …England (having been conquered; conquering; having conquered)
200. William l l, 7th Duke of Normandy founded his dynasty …Harold l l to become William l of England (for killing; in killing; by killing)
201. Did he deserve …? (praising; having been praised; being praised)
202. I remember …your letter (having posted; posted; posting)
203. The inspector suspected him …the cop ( of having killed; for killing; in being killed)
204. His career crashed when he …letting a girl die in a car crash (should be accused of; was accused of; is accused of)
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The Participle
205. By the end of this century there will be 600 million people around the world …in absolute poverty ( living; having lived; lived)
206. The problem …is of great significance (discussing; being discussed; discussed)
207. I saw her …the street (crossed; having crossed; crossing)
208. While …the book I came across a lot of interesting facts (studying; study; having studied)
209. …a One Day Travelcard not only gives you a return to London from your local station, it is also your passport to unlimited travel on London’s trains, Tubes and most buses ( to buy; buying; having bought)
210. …her address I could not write her a letter ( not knowing; without knowing; not to know)
211. The holiday …Thanksgiving Day is now observed on the fourth Thursday of November (calling; called; to be called)
212. Norman rule introduced Norman French language, feudakism, and administration, …on castles (based; being based; having been based)
213. James Watt patented his steam engine, …mainly for pumping, in 1769 (using; is used; used)
The Subjective Infinitive Construction
214. The proposal is reported … … by the committee (to be approved; to have been approved; to approve)
215. He was considered … a good teacher ( to be; to have been; was)
216. She is known …on a very important problem now ( to have worked; working; to be working)
217. He is said … a novel for ten years (to have been writing; to have written; to be writing)
218. He is expected … a report on Monday morning (make; will make; to make)
219. Viewers …to object to the growing amount of violence on TV (are not seem; do not seem; are not seeming)
220. I am afraid you …the point. I mentioned before that … (seem to have missed; are seeming to miss; are seemed to have missed)
221. Helen …to be a good story-teller ( turned out; is turned out; to turn out)
222. If captured, the runaway slaves …to end up in slavery (to be likely; were likely; have been likely)
The Object with the Infinitive Construction
223. I have never heard him … (to sing; sing; to have sung)
224. I believed him …the most honest person (to be; is; be)
225. The traffic made me …as if my head would burst ( to have felt; to feel; feel)
226. Do you want me …a new theory to the class? ( to present; to be presenting; to have presented)
227. I expected them …the problem in detail (consider; to consider; considering)
228. I hate him …( laugh at; to be laughed at; laughed at)
229. I see … more organisations coming together to put an end to the threat of nuclear war ( will like to; would like to; would have liked to)
230. Today the Committion ordered five atomic power stations …immediately ( to shut down; shutting down; shut down)
231. I like to watch the planes …(to take off; take off; to be taking off)
232. The instructor had the students …the experiment over ( to have done; do; to do )
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