语法练习：虚拟语气

1. Everything __________ if Albert hadn’t called the fire brigade.

A. will be destroyed     B. will have been destroyed  

B. would be destroyed   D. would have been destroyed

2. If you hadn’t gone with Tom to the party last night, ______.

A. you would meet John already      B. you won’t have missed John

C. you will have met John           D. you would have met John

3. Supposing this ship ______, do you think there would be enough life jackets for all the passengers?

A. was sinking   B. has sunk   C. were to sink    D. sunk

4. The insects would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and heads, if ___ for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.

A. it is not      B. it were not      C. were it not      D. they were not

5. The teacher suggested that each student ______ a plan for the vacation.

A. made    B. make    C. makes    D. will make

6. Frankly, I’d rather you ______ anything about it for the time being.

A. do   B. don’t do    C. didn’t do    D. will not do

7. After the way she treated you, if I ______ in your place.

A. be       B. am       C. was       D. were

8. The idea is that the nation ______ an unmanned spacecraft to explore the planet first.

A. sent       B. sends       C. send       D. must send

9. It’s high time you ______.

A. start to work    B. would start to work    C. started to work    D. had started to work

10. “If I hadn’t practiced when I was younger,” the musician says, “I ______ able to play so well now.”

A. wouldn’t be   B. won’t be   C. wouldn’t have been   D. couldn’t have been

11. It is imperative that you ______ there in person.

A. are   B. were   C. be    D. will be

12. The atomic structure is, ______, a miniature solar system.

A. as it were    B. as if they were    C. as it were    D. as if are

13. We required that the machine parts ______ cast iron.

A. is made of    B. be made from    C. be made of    D. is made by

14. The management urged that the cost of production ______.

A. to be further reduced    B. was further reduced 

B. be further reduced      D. should further reduced

15. The business is risky. But ______ we would be rich.

A. should we succeed  B. we should succeed   C. might we succeed     D. would we succeed

16. I wish our teacher ______ to give another test. I haven’t got prepared yet.

A. isn’t going   B. weren’t going   C. will not going    D. could have gone

17. I wish I ______ to the movies with you last night.

A. went   B. did go    C. could go    D. could have gone

18. I’d just as soon ______ rudely to her.

A. that you won’t speak   B. your not speaking   C. you not speak        D. you didn’t speak

19. If I ______ in the twenty-first century, I ______ my vacation in a very different way.

A. should live…would spend           B. will live ….should spend

C. are living … should have spent       D. will be living…would have spent

20. It is required that the machine ______ as frequently as necessary.

A. be oiled     B. must be oiled      C. is oiled       D. will oil

21. His English teacher recommends that he ______ a regular degree program.

A. begins    B. begin    C. will begin    D. is beginning

22. We prefer that the plan ______ before being put into execution.

A. is fully discussed       B. must be fully discussed   

C. be fully discussed      D. will be fully discussed

23. What do you think of his proposal that improvements ______ in the old type of vacuum cleaner?

A. be made    B. will be made   C. would be made   D. will have to be made

24. The doctor’s advice is that the patient ______ about his real physical condition.

A. be not told    B. not be told    C. will not be told    D. must not be told

25. ______, we could not have finished the work on time.

A. If they do not help us          B. Was it not for their help

C. Should they offer to help us     D. But for their help

26. If we had been more careful, we ______ much better results now.

A. got   B. had got   C. would be getting    D. would have got

27. Henry ______ a rich man today if he had been more frugal in the past.

A. would be    B. is    C. will be    D. was

28. They thought it desirable that an armed guard ______ in readiness.

A. stands    B. stand    C. stood    D. would stand

29. All science students, ______, should have a good foundation in basic sciences.

A. whether they are future physicists and chemists  B. they are future physicists of chemists

C. they should be future physicists of chemists     D. be they future physicists or chemists

30. Sally can’t have written tome, or ______ the letter by now.

A. I’ll get    B. I’ll have got    C. I’d have got    D. I’d get

31. I should very much like to have gone to the party but I ______.

A. am not invited    B. was not invited    C. shall not be invited  D. am not being invited

32. There is a general understanding among the members of the Board of Directors that chief attention ______ to the undertaking that is expected to bring in highest profit.

   A. is given       B. gives      C. should be given     D. must be given

33. One of the requirements for a fire is that the material ______ to its burning temperature.

A. be heated    B. is heated    C. would be heated    D. to heat

34. “Did you go to see the football match yesterday?”

“No. I didn’t feel well, but I would have gone if I ______.”

A. did      B. have      C. would      D. had

35. If we had known that she had planned to arrive today, we ______ her at the bus station.

A. may have met   B. might meet    C. may meet    D. might have met

36. We’re safer in a train than we would be if we ______ any other way.

A. traveled    B. had traveled   C. travel     D. have traveled

37. He told me how he had given me shelter and protection without which I ______ of hunger and cold.

A. would be died    B. would have died   C. would die   D. will have died

38. ______ today, he would get there by Friday.

A.  Was he leaving   B. If he is leaving   C. Were he to leave    D. If he leaves

39. Had electronic computers not been invented, many problems of space flight ______.

A. could be not solved             B. could not be solved

C. could not have been solved       D. could not have solved

40. He is a poorly learnt man. But he acts as though he ______.

A. is    B. were   C. should be    D. seems like

41. The driver looked over the engine carefully lest it ______ on the way.

A. goes wrong   B. go wrong   C. went wrong    D. would go wrong

42.  ______ the fog, we should have reached our destination.

A. Because of   B. In spite of    C. In case of    D. But for

43. The old man went to office on foot, but he ______ by bus.

A. might have gone  B. ought have gone   C. could have gone    D. should be gone

44. He is working hard for fear that he ______ to pass the exam.

A. fails    B. may fail    C. should fail    D. would fail

45. She put on her glasses in order that she _____.

A. can see    B. saw    C. had seen    D. might see

46. Whatever ______ we’ll go ahead.

A. had happened    B. will happen    C. might happen       D. may be happened

47. If I ______ out of ink, I might have finished writing the paper.

A. hadn’t run   B. shouldn’t run   C. didn’t run   D. haven’t run

48. But for your advice, I ______ into trouble.

A. would get   B. got    C. might have got    D. should get

49. ______ for the traffic jam, I should have covered fifty miles.

A. Had it been     B. Had it not been   C. It had not been    D. It not had been

50. Were it not for the adoption of the open policy, things ______ they are today.

A. would never be   B. could have been   C. would never have been   D. didn’t have