Subjunctives Quiz
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I … you sooner had someone told me you were in the hospital.
A. would have visited
B. visited
C. had visited
D. visit
… any employee be ill, they must call the office to inform their head of departure.
A. Were
B. Will
C. Would
D. Should
… you visit him, give him my best wishes.
A. Could
B. Would
C. Should
D. Might
Put all the toys away … someone slips and falls on them.
A. provided that
B. unless
C. in case
D. so long as
You’d better stop spending money, … you will end up in debt.
A. unless
B. otherwise
C. if
D. in case
Many argue that the world will never make the switch to cleaner forms of energy … easily obtainable soil sources remain.
A. suppose that
B. providing that
C. unless
D. as long as
If it … their encouragement, he could have given it up.
A. had been for
B. hadn’t been
C. hadn’t been for
D. wouldn’t have been for
Harry would certainly have attended the proceedings … .
A. if he didn’t get a flat tyre
B. had he not had a flat tyre
C. had the tyre not flattened itself
D. if the flat tyre didn’t happen
If someone … in to the store, smile and say, “May I help you?”
A. comes
B. came
C. would come
D. could come
You will find their house … you take a good street map with you.
A. as long as
B. even if
C. if only
D. otherwise
If Lucy’s car … down, she would be here right now.
A. didn’t break
B. hadn’t broken
C. wouldn’t have been
D. doesn’t break
Henry … a rich man today if he had been more careful in the past.
A. will have been
B. will be
C. would have been
D. would be
… then what I know today, I would have saved myself a lot of time and trouble over the years.
A. had I known
B. did I know
C. If I know
D. If I would know
Were she ten years younger, she … the beauty contest.
A. will enter
B. had entered
C. would enter
D. would have entered
Trees won’t grow … there is enough water.
A. if
B. when
C. unless
D. as
… you to be offered that job, would you have to move to another city?
A. should
B. Were
C. had
D. Provided that
If I … my wallet at home this morning, I … money for lunch now.
A. leave / will have
B. didn’t leave / would have
C. hadn’t left / would have
D. hadn’t left / would have had