Subjunctive Mood and Unreal Time

Everything ______ if Albert hadn’t called the fire brigade.

• will be destroyed

• will have been destroyed

• would be destroyed

• would have been destroyed

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

• was sinking

• has sunk

• were to sink

• sunk

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

• make

• made

• will make

• makes

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

• do

• don't do

• didn't do

• will not do

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

• be

• am

• was

• were

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

• sent

• sends

• send

• must send

Its high time you ______.

• start to work

• would start to work

• started to work

• had started to work

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

• wouldn't be

• won't be

• wouldn't have been

• couldn't have been

It is imperative that you ______ there in person.

• are

• were

• be

• will be

The atomic structure is, ______, a miniature solar system

• as it was

• as if they were

• as it were

• as if are