Сослагательное наклонение (Subjunctive Mood) в условных предложениях II и III типа.

1. Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into Russian and state the type of Subjunctive Mood (type II, type III).

1. If the new equipment had been delivered in time yesterday, there would have been no problem at all.

2. If we had enough petrol, we could cover another hundred miles today.

3. If you could come back to life two hundred years from now, you would find not only the world and its activities transformed, but also its languages.

4. I would have written to tell you this long ago, if you had given me your address.

5. If you had decided which area you are interested in, you wouldn’t have chosen the wrong profession.

1. Exercise 2. Put the verb into the correct form.

1. If he …(have) all the necessary materials, he would certainly finish the work in time.

2. If we had a choice, we … (live) in the country.

3. If you … (think) more realistically about your future profession, you would have decided to be a civil engineer.

4. I didn’t know you were in hospital. If I … (know), I … (go) to see you.

5. If he … (be) in Minsk, he would be at our meeting.

6. If the engineer had tested his device, he … (find) a mistake.

2. Exercise 3. Transform the sentences so as to make reference to the past.

1. If the electric car were used instead of conventional car, we would have minimal maintenance and repair costs and no air pollution.

2. If I knew the number, I would phone him.

3. If I became an engineer, I would design an absolutely safe car.

4. If he got higher education, he would make a good technician.

5. If the machinery on our farm were in good order, we would harvest the crop in time.

(B) Exercise 4. Finish the following sentences using Subjunctive Mood.

Model: If he had known this rule… (to make so many mistakes).