Употребление глагольных форм для выражения нереальных действий

I wish/ If only/ would rather / had better/ It is ( high) time

Exercise 1. Choose the correct answer.

1) I wish he... (will get/got/would get) on better with his parents.

2) I wish you... (stopped/will stop/ would stop) talking at the lessons.

3) I wish I... (have/ had/had had) more money.

4) If only I... (was having / have had / had had) the chance to study when I was younger.

5) If only I... (would keep / kept / had kept) my appointment with the dentist yesterday. I wouldn't have toothache now.

6) If only you... (will/would/ wouldn't) make less noise.

7) I wish I ... (had been / hadn't been / weren't) disappointed after such an inspiring speech yesterday.

8) If only you ... (had been / would be / were) tolerant of each other's moods in your family! You would get on better.

9) I wish I... (had learnt / learnt / have learnt) to trust my own judgments in my childhood.

Exercise 2. Put the verbs given in brackets into the correct form.

1. The weather was awful. I wish it __________ (to be) better.

2. I wish I __________ (to know) Sue’s telephone number.

3. I wish it__________ (not to rain) so much in England last week.

4. Do you wish you __________ (to study) science instead of languages last year?

5. I feel sick. I wish I __________ (not to eat) so much.

6. It’s crowded here. I wish there __________ (not to be) so many people.

7. I wish I __________ (to be) taller.

8. I wish you __________ (stop) shouting. I am not deaf you know.

9. I wish he__________ (to borrow) that book from the library last week.

10. I wish you__________ (to give) him my phone number at that party.

11. If only I _______ (to have) the chance to study when I was younger.

Exercise 3. Choose the correct answer.

1.You ………………………………… so much yesterday.

a) would rather I didn’t drink b) had better haven’t drunk c) would rather drunk d) had better not drink

2. ‘Are the children sleepy?’ ‘Yes, they ………………………………………... to bed.

a) would rather went b) have rather go c) had better go d) would rather have gone

3. You’d better …………………………………. talk to that man.

a) not to talk b) don’t talk c) not talk d) didn’t talk

4. She’d rather ……………………………… than go to university.

a) work b) worked c) to work d) have worked

5. I’d rather you ………………………... than went to university.

a) work b) to work c) worked d) working

6). I’d rather you ………………………………… alone. It was a mistake.

a) lived b) live c) have lived d) had lived

Exercise 4. Rewrite the following sentences using had better or would rather

1. I don’t want to play chess. Let’s play poker.

2. It isn’t a good idea to invite him.

3. I don’t want to go to a restaurant. I want to eat at home.

4. Your nails are too long. You should trim them.

5. If I were in your shoes, I would paint that wall yellow.

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences using the correct tense of the verbs in parenthesis.

1. It is time my mom ________ (cook) dinner. It is 8 in the evening.

2. It is high time you _________ (be) at school. You will be very late for your first class.

3. It is time you _________ (speak) English fluently. You have lived in London for three years.

4. It is high time we ________ (get) some precipitation. It is the middle of the raining season and

we haven’t got much rain.

5. It is time I ________ (buy) my books for school. Classes start tomorrow.

Ответы к упражнениям.

Упражнение 1

1 would get, 2 would stop, 3 had, 4 had had, 5 had kept, 6 would, 7 hadn't been, 8 would be, 9 had learnt

Упражнение 2.

1 had been, 2 knew, 3 hadn’t rained / hadn’t been raining, 4 had studied / had been studying, 5 hadn’t eaten, 6 were not, 7 were, 8 would stop, 9 had borrowed, 10 had given, 11 had had

Exercise 3. 1 d, 2 c, 3 c, 4 a, 5 c, 6 d

Exercise 4.

1. I would rather play poker.

2. We had better not invite them

3. I would rather eat at home.

4. You had better trim your nails.

5. You had better paint that wall yellow.