Table 5

Conditional clause	Main clause
(A) If you had taken my advise then you (B) If I were you In your place In your shoes If sb were + adj /noun	Wouldn’t be in trouble now.   I shouldn ‘’t (wouldn’t) have done Such a thing. Sb would(n’’t) have done sth

Exercise 1. Use the corresponding moon form instead of the infinitive in brackets, following the models (A), (B)

(A).

1 If you had studied hard during the year, you (pass) your exam tomorrow quite easily.

2 If you (miss) so many classes, you (make) mistakes in your answer now.

3 If you (repeat) the rules, you (know) theme better now.

4 If you (visit) your sick friend, you (ask) me about his stare.

5 If the project (be submitted) for discussion yesterday, the decision (be read) now.

6 If they (help) him in time, he (get) into trouble.

7 If the place (change) completely, I (recognize) it at once.

8 f she (pass) her exams in time her exams in time her exams in time her exams in time her exams in time her exams in time her exams in time her exams in time, she (go) to the rest home in a week’n time.

9 If she (read) the book she (can) discuss it now.

(B)

1 If he (be) a physician, he (help) us yesterday.

2 If you (be) practical, you (book) tickets for a fast train.

3 If your son (be) lazy, he (get) good marks at the exams.

4 Your sister (get) a modal if she (be) good at mathematics.

5 If she (be) a great authority on the matter she willingly (make) a report at the conference.

6 If I (be) you, I (be) very careful about that matter.

7 If you (be) real lovers of fine arts, you (visit) museums and galleries when in Leningrad.

8 If you (be) so absent – minded, you (make) so many mistakes in you essay.

9 If you station (be) so far from the house, we (hire) a taxi.

10 If the station (be) far from the house and we (have) some spare time, we (walk) and (enjoy) the countryside.

Exercise 2 Report the above statements in indirect speech.

Exercise 3 Make up conditional sentences based on the given context.

1. He is suffering from headache, that’s why he has refused to go to the theatre.

2. I don’t know English well enough, that’s why I didn’t speak to the English tourists when we met them in the Hermitage.

3. I didn’t go to the theatre yesterday, so I can say nothing about the impressions of the audience.

4. She overslept herself, so naturally she is late.

5. He is very busy now, that’s why he couldn’t join your party.

6. It was raining the whole day yesterday, so it’s damp today.

7. I’m reading for my examinations, that’s why. I didn’t go to the skating-ring this week.

8. He was down with the fly for several days, so he can’t take part in the football match today.

9. She married him not actually loving him, that’s why she is so unhappy now.

10. The child didn’t obey his mother, so he is punished.

Exercise 4 Complete the sentences and develop the situations.

1. You would not think so …

2. You would not say it …

3. I should not wind it so mach …

4. It would not have mattered …

5. They would have supported you …

6. If you know him better …

7. If you had seen her…

8. If you had taken the trouble to do it …

9. If they had not missed the train …

10. If they had taken my advice …

11. If you hadn’t tried to cross the street against the traffic lights …

12. They would have found the place …

13. You wouldn’t make so many mistakes …

14. Nothing would have happened …

15. She wouldn’t have been offended …

Exercise 5 Open the brackets inserting the proper mood form of the given verbs, refer the sentences to present or future.

1. If I (be) you, I (change) the subjects of the investigation.

2. If I (be) in your place, I never (allow) them to stop the experiment.

3. If I (be) in her place, I (try) to tell him the whole truth. I believe he (understand) everything.

4. If I (be) in their place, I (do) my best to fulfill the task well ahead of time.

5. If I (be) in his place, I (look) through the article before taking it to the editor.

6. If I (be) you, I never (ask) him for help. He is not the man to help anybody.

Exercise 6 Read the sentences (Ex.5) again, referring them to the past.

Exercise7 Change the words in brackets so as to use Subjunctive II.

1. (In your place) I would have offered assistance to them; I hope they would not have rejected it.

2. (In your place) I would stop this useless argument.

3. (In your place) I would never have dared to do such a thing.

4. (In your place) I would never, complain to him about my troubles. He can only mock it, but will never help or cheer you up.

5. (In your place) I would better admin my error, it might change their attitude to you.

6. I would first consult a doctor (in your place) before moving to the north, the climate may not appear agreeable.

7. (In your place) I would just leave her alone, she’ll overcome.

V. SENTENCES WITH ``IMPLED``CONDITION

Conditional Mood forms are found in sentences expressing consequences of unreal conditions, which are not necessarily expressed in the sentence as such. As in:

It wasn’t money she wanted at all. She would give them the money. She would give them any amount of it they wanted, if it would be for a good cause …(J.Cheaver)

Exercise 1 Underline the forms denoting an unreal consequence of the unreal condition of which is not expressed in the sentence as such. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. No one would ever have suspected from her calm, careless, proud face that such vain and two-penny thoughts were passing through her head. (A.Bennet)

2. We cannot make all your dear children peers –that would make Peerage common and crowd the House of Lords uncomfortably. (W.M.Thackeray)

3. When he stopped for supper I couldn’t master courage to take any, though I should have liked it very mach. (Ch.Dicke)

4. It would never have occurred to old Jolyon that it was necessary to wear a look of doubt or defiance. (J.Galsworthy)

5. ``She (the boat) sank too close in``, said Maxim. ``I meant to take her rights put in the day. They would never have found her there. She was too close in``(Du Maurier)

6. I have a brother who is the surge on. He would never want to be anything else, he says. He loves it. (Essex)

7. With her social position, she would have had little difficulty in imposing her point of view in preference to yours. (A.Christie)

8. You would be doing the Government a great service- a very great service –you would not find them ungrateful. (A.Christie)

Conditional clauses can be condensed into BUT FOR+ noun/-ing, thus making the complex sentence simple.