U7: Unreal past tense

It´s time that older people____ listening to what younger people say.

• would start

• start

• started

Some older people treat teenagers as if they ____ all dangerous criminals.

• were

• would

• prefer

Some older people wish there ____ more police officers on the street, and blame all bad behaviour on the young.

• were

• had been

• are

Perhaps it´s time that young people_____more responsibly towards other people.

• acted

• would act

• act

Generally speaking, young people____ spend their time with other young people.

• wish

• would rather

• hope

Many older people ____ the world to be just the same as it was when they were young.

• rather

• would prefer

• as though

Older people also wish that young people____more politely.

• had behaved

• didn´t behave

• would behave

Some people think____ that 16-year-olds were given the vote.

• as if

• it´s time

• they would prefer

Many young people, however, have no faith in politics, and just wish the world _____ different.

• is

• had been

• were

Some of them ____ if everyone just left them alone and stopped asking them for their opinions.

• would prefer it

• would rather

• as though