Task 4. Read the sentences below and correct mistakes in the use of the Subjunctive Mood. Some sentences are correct.

1. If the film will be uninteresting, we can leave before the end.

2. I wish you would stop interrupting me all the time!

3. It’s time we will discuss our plans for the summer.

4. If I thought he was dishonest, I wouldn’t have offered him the job.

5. If you had driven faster, we would have been there by now.

6. If President Kennedy hadn’t been assassinated in 1963, the Cold War might have ended sooner.

7. If only I listened to your advice then!

8. Of course Tom wishes he would go to Paris with us, but he has to stay here and work.

9. I wish I told her the whole truth at the party yesterday.

10. If only I didn’t lose all the money. Now I’m broke.

 

 

Task 5. Here are some problems in brackets. How could they have been avoided? Use the words and phrases to help you write two sentences about each problem using I wish and if only.

play fewer computer games keep calm eat less lose temper walk more use bins watch less TV use car less often save water let someone else drive waste water take more exercise protect forest drive carefully recycle some paper take rubbish home

 

1. (I’ve gained a lot of weight).

I wish ……..

If only

2. (The rivers and reservoirs have dried up.)

I wish ……..

If only……….

3. (He crashed his car.)

I wish ……..

If only……..

4. (He had a row with his best friend.)

I wish ……..

If only……..

5. (People drop litter in the street.)

I wish ……..

If only……….

6. (We are cutting down too many trees.)

I wish ……..

If only………

7. (People use their cars when they don’t need to.)

I wish ……..

If only………

8. (Children don’t read enough nowadays.)

I wish ……..

If only………