Table 11

Main clause (a part or it)	Predicative included clause
I feel (s)/felt/``ll… He look(s)/ed/``ll… Etc. taste (s)/ed/``ll… Seem(s)/ed/``ll… Sound(s)/ed/``ll…	As if I were tired As thoughhad done sth unfair Did it on purpose Was doing it on purpose Had been doing it on purpose

Exercise 4 Read the following sentences and analyze the use of subjunctive II, translate the sentences into Russian.

1. He was the sort of man who worked magnificently, yet looked as if had never done a job at all (Essex)

2. Ann knew that inside her head it seemed as though the pendulum of some great clock swung to and from. (Essex)

3. There’s something I want to tell you, things have been happening and it rather looks as if my life were taking an a new shape. (Essex)

4. Lord Henry felt as if he could hear Basil Hallwar’s heart beating, and wandered what was coming. (O.Wilde)

5. She was a curious woman, who’s dressed always looked as if they had been designer in a rage and put on in a tempest. (O. Wilde)

6. The room looked as if it had not been lived in for years. (O. Wilde)

7. They (the eyes) were a paler blue that his father’s as if they might have faded like the shirt. (F.O ``Connor``)

8. Mr.Errington was flattered to have such a pretty woman for company. One, who but for the ring and the just noticeable child she was carrying, looked as fresh as a girl, as if marriage had whisked over her so lightly that it had not broken the skin of her youth. (M.Bragg)

Exercise 5 Use the corresponding mood from in predicative and adverbial clauses of comparison.

1. She speaks English as if she (be) an English woman.

2. She speaks to you as if she (know) you for years.

3. She danced so well as she (be) a ballet dancer.

4. She looked at me in such a way as if she (see) me for the first time.

5. The students were listening to the teacher’s explanations with auch attention as thought they (want) to remember each word

6. The girls left the room so unexpectedly as if they (be) in a hurry and (not to have) time.

7. She was dressed in a light coat as if (be) summer and the sun (shine) brightly.]

8. She speaks about this book with such assurance as though she (read) it.

9. Not to confuse him try to pretend as thought nothing (happen) and we (notice) anything.

10. I’m sure that she will speak about the country in such a way as if she (live) there for many years.

11. She looked so pale and thing as thought she (be) ill for a long time.

12. Stop treating me as if I (be) your younger brother.

Exercise 6 Complete the sentences using clauses with``as if``.

Example Sam isn’t tired but he looks as if ____________

Sam isn’t tired but he looks as if he were (tired).

Mary wasn’t reprimanded but she looks as if ::

Mary wasn’t reprimanded but she looks as if she

Were (reprimanded)

1. Paul didn’t hear it before but he feels as if___________

2. Helen isn’t bored but she looks as if ____________

3. Tom hasn’t prepared his home assignment but he behaves as if_________

4. Mrs.Jones didn’t like the soup but she spoke as if____________

5. Michael was afraid but he spoke as if_____________

6. The guests weren’t enjoying the TV program but they tried to look as though________

7. Nothing unpleasant had happened but Pamela felt as if_________

8. Mr.Carr found the lecture interesting but it seemed as if__________

9. David never has much money but he behaves as if___________

10. The boy was sleepy but he tried to look as if ___________

Exercise 7. Suggest. Your own development of the situations given above (Ex.6)

Exercise 8 Complete the sentences referring them to different time spheres.

Example …as if she knew it.

She looks/looked/Will look as if she knew it.

1…as if she liked it.

2…as if nobody knew about it.

3…as though she had always meant to do it.

4…as though they expected me to do it.

5…as if they had grown up together.

6…as if it were cold.

7…as if it were the only thing to do.

8…as if no one had said anything like this.

Example They treated each other with easy friendliness as if…

They treated each other with easy friendless as if they had never quarreled.

they were fond of each other.

1.Doesn’t the sea look as if…?

2.She expected you speak to her. Why didn’t you do it? Why did you avoid her as if…?

3.And after all this happened they met as if….Can you imagine that?

4.She knows the subject really well but she spoke as if….

5.Don’t you feel sometimes as if…?

6.He hid behind his paper as though….

7.She spoke so loudly as though….

8.You are so cross with me as if I….

9.He looked at her so triumphantly….

10.There wasn’t a breath of wind in the air. The forest looked as though…

Exercise 9 Answer the following questions using the corresponding mood forms in adverbial clauses of comparison and predicative clauses introduced by “as if”

1.What did you feel coming to your town after several years’ absence?

2.What did you feel when passed your entrance exams successfully?

3.What were your parents’ feelings when they learnt you were admitted to the university?

4.How will you enter the classroom the first time as a teacher?

5.What does a student feel before the exam?

Forms of Subjunctive II are used in object clauses after the verb “wish”. Such sentences express unreal wish of the speaker or his regret about something. Perfect forms of the subjunctive show the actions expressed by them are anterior to that expressed by the verb “wish” in the main clause.