Summarizing Exercise. Subjunctive II in Conditional sentences

SUBJUNCTIVE II IN CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Subjunctive II is used in adverbial clauses of unreal condition referring to the present or the future after the conjunctions if, on condition, in case. In such sentences the verb predicate of the principal clause has the non-perfect form of the conditional mood. The non-perfect form of Subjunctive II (the Past Subjunctive of the verb to be or the past Indefinite of the Indicative Mood for other verbs) is used in the adverbial subordinate clause of condition.

E.g. If I were you, I should help him.

E.g. If he came into the room, I should recognize him at once.

Subjunctive II is used in adverbial clauses of unreal condition referring to the past after the conjunctions if, on condition, in case. In such sentences the verb predicate of the principal clause has the perfect form of the conditional mood. The perfect form of Subjunctive II (the Past Perfect of the Indicative Mood) is used in the adverbial subordinate clause of condition.

E.g. He would have called you, on condition you had listened to him.

Subjunctive II is used in mixed conditional sentences, which are a combination of the previous two types. One of the clauses refers to the present or to the future, while the other refers to the past.

E.g. If you were not so lazy, you would have passed the exam.

E.g. If you had paid the bill, we wouldn’t have any problems.

Inversion in Conditional sentences

If the subject of the adverbial conditional clause is followed by the verbs to be, to have in Subjunctive II, the word order may be inverted. In such cases the conjunction is dropped.

E.g. Had I been free, I should have joined you.

Exercise 50. Open the brackets using the forms of Subjunctive II.

1. I am sure you would have told me if you (know) the truth.

2. If she (be) better-tempered, she would have more friends.

3. If they (be/not) so nice with us, we wouldn’t have even thought of staying there.

4. If you (eat) more carefully, you wouldn’t have stained your T-shirt.

5. It (be) wiser if you had informed us.

6. We would have won if you (run) a little faster-.

7. If you (send) that e-mail we talked about, we would know everything about the trip.

8. If she (keep on) singing at that jazz band, she would have ruined her life.

9. Nothing would stop me if I (decide) to leave.

10. You would have caught cold if you (not/put on) your overcoat.

Exercise 51. Translate into English using your Active Grammar and Active Vocabulary.

1. Время мне подходит, я бы присоединился к тебе с удовольствием, если бы ты меня пригласила. 2. Если бы я случайно встретил его на улице, я бы даже не поздоровался с ним. 3. Я бы все равно не согласился, даже если бы это зависело от каких-либо обстоятельств. 4. Если бы ты дал им статьи позавчера, они бы их просмотрели, и завтра вы бы уже все обсудили вместе. 5. Я бы купила это облегающее платье. – Я бы на твоем месте выбрала что-нибудь более удобное. 6. Если бы мы бежали быстрее, мы бы успели на автобус. – Если бы ты еще дольше искала свою сумочку перед выходом, не было бы смысла выходить из дома вообще! 7. Ах, если бы я различала этих близнецов, они бы не меня никогда больше не обманывали. 8. Даже если ты бы носил эту дорогую одежду, мне было бы все равно как ты выглядишь! 9. Если бы у нас на даче были все современные удобства, я бы жила там круглый год. 10. Если бы ты нашла несколько утешительных слов для остальных детей, вы бы прекрасно поладили. 11. Если бы ты только знал, насколько она отличается от того, кем она была раньше, ты бы относился к ней лучше. - Помни, что в тихом омуте черти водятся. (Still waters run deep)

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