GRAMMAR: UNREAL PAST

I would rather you ____ talk during the movie.

• DIDN'T

• DID

I would rather you didn’t _____ up that topic.

• BROUGHT

• BRING

• BRINGING

It’s high time you started the project.

• CORRECT

  (suggests something should already be done)

• INCORRECT

  (suggests something shouldn't already be done)

What if you ____ been there yesterday?

• HAVE

• HAD

I would rather you waited for me at the café.

• CORRECT

  (preference about someone else's future action)

• INCORRECT

  (preference about someone else's past action)

Suppose I were a millionaire.

I _____ travel around the world and visit every country.

• WOULD

• HAD

• WILL

I wish I had studied harder for the test.

• INCORRECT

  (Shows regret about something in the present)

• CORRECT

  (Shows regret about something in the past.)

If only I had brought my umbrella.

• regret about a past action that didn’t happen

• regret about a present action that didn’t happen