Table 10

Main clauses	Adverbial clause of comparison
They walked together were walking   walk are walking   will walk will be walking	As if they were friends As thoughdid it every day. were doing it every day. had been doing it scores ] of times before. had done it scores of times before.

Exercise 1 Read the sentences and analyse the use of Subjunctive II.Translate the sentences into Russian.

1.He said, “One day you must see my garden,” but a little sadly, almost as if when he spoke of it, he knew it would never be. (Essex)

2.Ann helped the great man. He treated her as if she were a piece of furniture, and of as little consequence. (Essex)

3.He turned away as if he had never noticed her. (Essex)

4.He nodded, but almost as if he did not really see her. (Essex)

5.Miss Pettigow must be a nervous creature, in spite of her efficient sir, for she jumped as though she had been shot.

Exercise 2 Insert the proper form of Subjunctive II.

1.She just stood there as if she (not to mind)

2.Where are you running as if blood-hound (be) after you?

3.Why do you behave as if it (not to matter) in the least what we all thing of you?

4.Day after day we saw him leave the office as if nothing special (happen) to him.

5.He generally behaved as if he (do) nothing out of the way.

Exercise 3 Make up sentences with adverbial clauses of comparison.

He She Etc.

Behaved Speaks Looked at Laughed Wrote sth down Did sth

As if As though

(sb)

(be) pleased immensely (understand)everything (be)a child of 6 (make up) one’s mind really (want) to remember it (know) him etc.