虚拟语气综合练习

综合练习

1. _______ to the doctor right away, he might have been alive.

A. If he went

B. Were he gone

C. Should he have gone

D. Had he gone

2. The secretary suggested that they _______ the men in at once.

A. had brought

B. should have brought

C. brought

D. bring

3. I wish I _______ able to tell him all about it last night.

A. was

B. were

C. had been

D. should be

4. If I _______ more time, I would have gone with him.

A. had

B. had had

C. have had

D. would have

5. The Jade Emperor ordered that the Monkey King _______ right away.

A. would be arrested

B. must be arrested

C. be arrested

D. had to be arrested

6. Jane's uncle insisted _______ in this hotel any longer.

A. not staying

B. not to stay

C. that he not stay

D. staying not

7. Without electricity human life _______ quite different today.

A. is

B. will be

C. would have been

D. would be

8. He demanded that the laboratory report _______ immediately after the experiment was done.

A. was written

B. be written

C. must be written

D. would be written

9. The man insisted that he _______ there.

A. should send

B. would be sent

C. sent

D. be sent

10. If it _______ tomorrow, what would we do？

A. rains

B. were to rain

C. would rain

D. rain

11. It is required that you _______ at six.

A. will arrive

B. arrive

C. arrived

D. would arrive

12. He spoke in a quiet, distinct voice, as though his thought _______.

A. was far away

B. had been far away

C. were far away

D. went far away

13. If it _______ rain, we _______ get wet.

A. is to; should

B. were to; would

C. were going to; would

D. was going to; should

14. If he _______ to the teacher attentively, he _______ the answer to the problem now.

A. had listened, would have known

B. listened, would know

C. listened, would have known

D. had listened, would know

15. _______ today, he would get there for holiday.

A. Was he leaving

B. Were he to leave

C. Would he leave

D. If he leaves

16. I would have come earlier, but I _______ that you were waiting for me.

A. didn't know

B. hadn't know

C. would have known

D. haven't known

17. It's high time that we _______ to school.

A. would to

B. went

C. go

D. will go

18. It is really strange that the girl _______ so early.

A. has been married

B. has married

C. be married

D. would marry

19. I was busy yesterday, otherwise I _______ your birthday party.

A. attended

B. had attended

C. would attend

D. would have attended

20. He insisted that he _______ me before.

A. see

B. should see

C. had seen

D. saw

21. He wishes _______ mistakes.

A. he doesn't always make

B. he isn't always making

C. he didn't always make

D. he wouldn't always making

22. Without your help, our team _______ the last match.

A. won't win

B. will lose

C. wouldn't have won

D. can't win

23. _______ , 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

24. If I had hurried, I _______ the train.

A. would catch

B. could catch

C. would have caught

D. had caught

25. He insisted that John _______ it.

A. do

B. does

C. did

D. would do

26. It is high time we _______ off.

A. are

B. were

C. be

D. will be

27. James wishes he _______ the football game instead of the film.

A. saw

B. see

C. had been seen

D. had seen

28. If I had known that, I _______ so.

A. wouldn't do

B. wouldn't have done

C. won't do

D. have not done

29. The doctor suggested that she _______.

A. will not smoke

B. not smoke

C. would not smoke

D. did not smoke

30. If I _______ you, I wouldn't return the call.

A. be

B. am

C. was

D. were

31. He suggested that the work _______ at once.

A. would started

B. would be started

C. should started

D. should be started

32. I didn't go to the party, but I do wish I _______ there.

A. was

B. were

C. had been

D. went

33. It is time we _______ up our results.

A. sum

B. summed

C. will sum

D. would sum

34. If the doctor had been available, the child _______.

A. would not die

B. would not have died

C. could not die

D. could not have died

35. You are late. If you _______ a few minutes earlier, you _______ him.

A. came; would meet

B. had come; would have met

C. come; will meet

D. had come; would met

36. I can't stand him. He always talks as though he _______ everything.

A. knew

B. knows

C. has known

D. had known

37. Kunar can take his car apart and put it back together again. I certainly wish he _______ me how.

A. teaches

B. will teach

C. has taught

D. would teach

38. I would have told him the answer had it been possible but I _______ so busy then.

A. had been

B. were

C. was

D. would be

39. If it _______ another ten minutes, the game would have been called off.

A. had rained

B. would had rained

C. have seen

D. did see

40. He suggested that they _______ use a trick instead of fighting.

A. should

B. would

C. do

D. had

41. I would have gone to the meeting if I _______ time.

A. had had

B. have had

C. had

D. would have had

42. John wished _______.

A. he will study more

B. he had studied more

C. he studies

D. he won't have studied more

43. —Why didn't you buy a new car?

—I would have bought one if I _______ enough money.

A. had

B. have had

C. would have

D. had had

44. _______ today, he would get there by Friday.

A. Would he leave

B. Was he leaving

C. Were he to leave

D. If he leaves

45. His doctor suggested that he _______ a short trip abroad.

A. will take

B. would take

C. take

D. took

46. The Bakers arrived last night: if they'd only let us know earlier, _______ at the station.

A. we'd meet them

B. we'll meet them

C. we'd have met them

D. we've met them

47. We might have failed if you _______ us a helping hand.

A. have not given

B. would not give

C. had not given

D. did not give

48. The Law requires that everyone _______ his car checked at least once a year.

A. has

B. had

C. have

D. will have

49. Had I known her name, _______.

A. I would invite her to lunch

B. I can have invited her to lunch

C. I might invite her to lunch

D. I would have invited her to lunch

50. If I _______ the money, I would have bought a much bigger car.

A. possessed

B. owned

C. had

D. had had

51. I wish I _______ a young man again.

A. am

B. was

C. were

D. will be

52. The librarian insists that John _______ no more books from the library before he returns all the books he had borrowed.

A. will take

B. took

C. take

D. takes

53. I do not have a job. I would find one but I _______ no time.

A. had

B. didn't have

C. had had

D. have

54. He insisted that we all _______ in his office at one o'clock.

A. be

B. to be

C. would be

D. shall be

55. —Helen couldn't go to France after all.

—That's too bad, I'm sure she would have enjoyed it if _______.

A. she's gone

B. she'll go

C. she'd gone

D. she'd go

56. If her husband had not liked the dress _______.

A. she would be delighted

B. she would get mad

C. she would have returned it

D. she must have taken it back to the store

57. But for the leadership of our Party, we _______.

A. shouldn't succeed

B. could not have succeeded

C. will not succeed

D. should not have succeeded

58. If you hadn't gone with Tom to the party last night, _______.

A. you would meet John already

B. you won't have missed John

C. you will have met John

D. you would have met John

59. The teacher suggested that each student _______ a plan for the vacation.

A. made

B. make

C. makes

D. will make

60. Frankly, I'd rather you _______ anything about it for the time being.

A. do

B. don't do

C. didn't do

D. will not do

61. It's high time you _______.

A. start to work

B. would start to work

C. started to work

D. had started to work

62. We required that the machine parts _______ cast iron.

A. is made of

B. be made by

C. be made of

D. is made by

63. I wish our teacher _______ to give another test. I haven't got prepared yet.

A. isn't going

B. weren't going

C. will not going

D. could have gone

64. It is required that the machine _______ as frequently as necessary.

A. be oiled

B. must be oiled

C. is oiled

D. will oil

65. His English teacher's recommendation is that he _______ a regular degree program.

A. begins

B. begin

C. will begin

D. is beginning

66. What do you think of his proposal that improvements _______ in the old type of vacuum cleaner?

A. be made

B. will be made

C. would be made

D. will have to be made

67. The doctor's advice is that the patient _______ about his real physical condition.

A. be not told

B. not be told

C. will not be told

D. must not be told

68. If we had been more careful, we _______ much better results.

A. got

B. had got

C. would be getting

D. would have got

69. Sally can't have written to me, or _______ the letter by now.

A. I'll get

B. I'll have got

C. I'd have got

D. I'd get

70. Sorry, I am too busy now. If I _______ time, I would certainly go for an outing with you.

A. have had

B. had had

C. have

D. had

71. If my car _______ more reliable, I would have driven to Lhasa instead of flying last summer.

A. was

B. had been

C. should be

D. would be

72. We _______ the difficulty together, but why didn't you tell me?

A. should face

B. might face

C. could have faced

D. must have faced

73. Don't handle the vase as if it _______ made of steel.

A. is

B. were

C. has been

D. had been

74. If we _______ adequate preparations, the conference wouldn't have been so successful.

A. haven't made

B. wouldn't make

C. didn't make

D. hadn't made

75. We lost our way in that small village, otherwise we _______ more places of interest yesterday.

A. visited

B. had visited

C. would visit

D. would have visited

76. Grace doesn't want to move to New York because she thinks if she _______ there, she wouldn't be able to see her parents very often.

A. lives

B. would live

C. having asked

D. were to live

77. They_______have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.

A. will

B. can

C. must

D. should

78. —Where are the children? The dinner's going to be completely ruined.

—I wish they _______always late.

A. weren't

B. hadn't been

C. wouldn't be

D. wouldn't have been

79. Maybe if I _______ science, and not literature then, I would be able to give you more help.

A. studied

B. would study

C. had studied

D. was studying

80. I _______ sooner but I didn't know that they were waiting for me.

A. had come

B. was coming

C. would come

D. would have come

81. —I left my handbag on the train, but luckily someone gave it to a railway official.

—How unbelievable to get it back! I mean, someone _______ it.

A. will have stolen

B. might have stolen

C. should have stolen

D. must have stolen

82. —Pity you missed the lecture on nuclear pollution.

—I _______ it, but I was busy preparing for a job interview.

A. attended

B. had attended

C. would attend

D. would have attended

83. I _______ through that bitter period without your generous help.

A. couldn't have gone

B. didn't go

C. wouldn't go

D. hadn't gone

84. It _______ be the postman at the door. It's only six o'clock.

A. mustn't

B. can't

C. won't

D. needn't

85. We _______ John's name on the race list yesterday but for his recent injury.

A. will put

B. would have put

C. would put

D. should have put