Unreal Uses of Past Tenses Quiz

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I’ve just had a text from Anna. She’d rather _____at 6.30, as she’s running late.

A. we had met

B. we were meeting

C. we met

I’m too tired to go out tonight. I’d rather ___at home.

A. we would stay

B. we’d stayed

C. we stayed

As you are busy, _____we postponed the meeting?

A. had you rather

B. would you rather

C. do you rather

I’d love to be able to sing in a choir. If only _____a better voice!

A. I’d have

B. I had

C. I have

I’d rather____our shoes off at the door, if you don’t mind.

A. you took

B. you take

C. you had taken

Come on, kids! It’s (high) time ___for school.

A. you leave

B. you had left

C. you left

What a lovely view! I wish __________ my camera.

A. I brought

B. I’d brought

C. I’ve brought

I wish those people in the front row____ talking.

I can’t hear the film!

A. would stop

B. stopped

C. will stop

Diane thinks it’s high time _____her daughter out.

A. had moved

B. moves

C. moved

I’d wear these jeans more often if only _____so tight.

A. they were

B. they weren’t

C. they wouldn’t be

That job of yours is so dead-end. Isn’t it time _____a new one?

A. you found

B. you find

C. you had found

If only our neighbours____a dog, life would be much more peaceful.

A. wouldn’t have

B. didn’t have

C. don’t have

As soon as I said it, I wished _____

A. I wouldn’t

B. I hadn’t

C. I didn’t

Those children look freezing. I bet they wish___ indoors.

A. they were

B. they had been

C. they would be

If only _____Mike the car, we’d be able to drive there.

A. you hadn’t lent

B. you lent

C. you didn’t lend

I’d rather _____anything to him – he’s such a gossip!

A. you not to say

B. you didn’t say

C. you wouldn’t say

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