Part 2
EXERCISE
Write either the subjunctive
or the infinitive form of the verb.
1.
Anisha asked her brothers not _________ (tease)
her so much.
2.
The dean requests that you _________ (see) him
this afternoon.
3.
I demand that they _________ (apologize)
immediately.
4.
The teacher will recommend that we _________
(take) the exam on Friday.
5.
It was necessary _________ (write) to the
admissions office.
6.
It is imperative that Saud _________ (drive) to
class.
7.
It is better _________ (eat) three good meals
every day.
8.
We urged them _________ (visit) the museum this
week.
9.
My parents insisted that I _________ (live)
close to campus.
10. You
are requested _________ (appear) at graduation ceremonies.
11. Dana
was advised _________ (be) cautious on her trip abroad.
12. You
will be urged _________ (accept) the new position.
13. It
will be desirable that the Murphy family _________ (move) to a larger house.
14. I was
advised _________ (give) up smoking for my health.
15. Mandy
required us _________ (arrive) no later than 8 p.m.
16. It is
preferable _________ (study) in the library rather than in the cafeteria.
17. It
will be important _________ (pay) this bill on time.
18. The
old man ordered the reporters _________ (get) off his property before he called
the police.
19. Rowena insisted that her boyfriend _________ (dance) only
with her.
20. Peter preferred that his friends _________ (swim) in the
pool, not in the lake.
Answer Key:
1. to tease
2. see
3. apologize
4. take
5. to write
6. drive
7. to eat
8. to visit
9. live
10. to appear
11. to be
12. to accept
13. move
14. to give
15. to arrive
16. to study
17. to pay
18. to get
19. dance
20. swim
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Another example of
using the subjunctive relates to unreal situations and has the verb wish in
the main clause. If the situation were real, you would not wish for a change.
The conjunction that is often omitted in spoken English. The subjunctive
here looks like the past tense that you studied before. It really is a form of
the subjunctive. The only form of the verb be for present wishes is were.
·
The pattern for this
use of the subjunctive and a wish in the present is as follows:
S1 +
WISH + THAT + S2 + past tense
Tim is
in California. I wish that he were here.
Today
is Thursday. The children wish that it were Saturday.
I don’t
have time. I wish that I had time.
We can’t
go surfing. We wish that we could go surfing.
·
It is possible to have the same subject
for both the main and the dependent clauses. A wish in the past requires
sequence of tenses. It also looks at an unreal situation related either to now
or to the past. Follow this pattern:
S +
WISH {present / past} + THAT + HAD + past participle
·
Present wishes related to past actions:
Our
friends decided not to visit this week.
We
wish (now) that they had visited us.
The
weather was hot and dry all last week.
I wish
(now) that it had rained a little.
The
boys went to camp last summer.
Their
mother wishes (now) that they hadn’t gone to camp.
·
Past wishes related to past actions:
Joan
didn’t study Spanish in college.
After
Sally had moved to Mexico, she wished that she had studied Spanish.
In
1982 my son bought a convertible.
Later
he wished he had bought a practical car.
The
Johnsons wanted a lovely house in the valley.
They
wished that it hadn’t been so expensive.
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