EXERCISES-SUBJUNCTIVES

EXRCISES I. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form: 1. It’s just struck midnight. It’s high time we (leave)___left____. 2. If only I (have)_ _____a phone! I’m tired of queuing outside the public phone box. 3. He walks as if he (have)__ had ____a wooden leg. Xem đông từ trước đó là walks: hiên tại nên lùi 1 thì là quá khứ đơn. Nếu quá khứ đơn lùi thành quá khứ hoàn thành 4. I wish I (know)___knew____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)____were____invented. 15. I’d rather I (know)_____French. 16. If only I (can)___could____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. That + MD + bare inf 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. II. Circle the best answer: 1. “What is your opinion about Bob’s condition?” -“ I recommend ………………..as much as possible. A. him to rest B. him rest C. that he rests D. that he rest 2. “Why does Ted need a tutor?” -“Because it’s important ………………in his exam next month.” A. that he do well C. for him do well B. he well does D. that he will do well 3. “Where’s Jim?” -“He was making so much noise that I requested…………….” A. him leave B. that he left C. that he leavesD. that he leave 4. “Did you hear that Margaret’s plane is snowbound in Chicago” -“We suggested that she ……………..but she wouldn’t listen.” A. would take a train C. took a train B. take a train D. had taken a train 5. “Please take this seat.” -“No, I insist on…………….” A. that you take it C. you take it B. your taking it D. you to take it 6. “The telephone company is threatening to cut off our service” “It’s urgent ……………the bill immediately” A. that we pay C. us paying B. us to pay D. that we have to pay 7. “What did the doctor tell Mrs. Murrey about her health?” - “He recommended………………less.” A. that she worked C. her work B. that she work D. that she working 8. “Should I tell Mr.Forbes about the broken window?” -“It’s necessary……………..before it rains.” A. that he knows C. his knowing B. he knows D. he know 9. “We just got a letter from Ronald” “It’s surprising ……………….to you after all these years” A. that he still write C. that still is writing B. that he still writes D. that he still writing 10. “Did your grandmother give you that watch?” “Yes. She insisted ……………..it.” A. that I took C. on my taking B. I will take D. for me to take 11. “Marie practises the piano so early in the morning?” -“We asked …………… but she won’t.” A. that she stops C. her to stop B. her stopping D. for her stop 12. “Have you received the shipment of bicycles yet? -“No, but it’s possible that it……………..in a few days.” A. will come B. comes C. come D. has come 13. I’m sorry I don’t live near my work. = I’d rather…………..near my work. A. live B. I live C. I lived D. to live 14. I’m sorry we accepted the invitation. = I wish we…………….the invitation. A. hadn’t accepted B. didn’t accepted C. accepted D. accept ... - tailieumienphi.vn