EXERCISE 4. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form:
1. It’s just struck midnight. It’s high time we (leave)_______.
2. If only I (have)_ _____a phone! I’m tired of queuing outside the public phone box.
3. He walks as if he (have)__ ____a wooden leg.
4. I wish I (know)_______what is wrong with my car.
5. Wife: I’d like to get a job.
Husband: I’d much rather you (stay)______at home and (look)______after the house.
6. Suppose you (not know)________where your next meal was coming from?
7. You talk as though it (be)_____a small thing to leave your country forever.
8. If you (tie)_______that boat up, it wouldn’t have drifted away.
9. It looks like rain; you (have)______better take a coat.
10. But I told you what to do.
- I know you did. If only I (take)_______your advice.
11. He treats us as if we (be)_______all idiots.
12. I wish I (ask)__________the fishmonger to clean these fish. (I’m sorry I didn’t ask him).
13. I said “Sunday”
- I wish you (not say) Sunday. We’ll never be ready by then.
14. I wish transitor radios never (be)_______invented.
15. I’d rather I (know)_____French.
16. If only I (can)_______swim.
17. He insists that we (be)______careful in our writing.
18. They demanded that he (tell)_______her the truth.
19. I suggest that everyone (write)_______a letter to the governor.
20. It is important that he (be)________the director of the English program.
21. It is essential that he (meet)_______you tomorrow.
22. Her advisor recommended that she (take)________five courses.
23. It was such a beautiful day that one of the students suggested we (have)_____class outside.
24. The movie director insisted that everything about his production (be)____authentic.
25. She asked that we (be)______sure to lock the door behind us.
26. They requested that we (go, not)_______after midnight.
27. It is imperative that he (return)_____home immediately.
28. She specifically asked that I (tell,not)_______anyone else about it
to become
swimming
playing
am reading
doesn't snow
skiing
has visited
does he play
doesn't often play
wear
1. to become
2. to swim
3. playing
4. am reading
5. doesn't snow-skiing
6. has visited
7. does he play - doesn't often play
8. wear