Exercises

1. Make up sentences according to the models:

Model I: In your place I should take part in the discussion today.

1. to attend his lecture

2. to find out the composition of the mixture

3. to follow this method

4. not to pay attention to his words

Model II: It is necessary that you should examine this substance.

1. he to solve the question

2. we to be present

3. she to send for him

4. they to take part in the conference

Model III: He proposed that they should take their examination soon.

1. suggest he not to translate this article

2. demand she to discuss the problem

3. insist we to work out a new method

2. Open the brackets using the correct verb forms:

1. It is important that this new invention (to be used) for research. 2. It is necessary that the solution (to be heated) to a high temperature. 3. They suggested that this chart (be learned). 4. The scientist insists that this new technique (to be applied).

3. Translate the following sentences. Find the sentences where the Subjunctive Mood is used:

1. We were in the South in summer. 2. I wish we were in the South. 3. The days were rainy last month. 4. I wish it were not raining. 5. The students could make the experiments themselves. 6. We wish the students could make the experiments themselves. 7. It is necessary that the report be ready tomorrow. 8. The report will be ready tomorrow. 9. It is required that all the measurement be done beforehand.

10. All the measurement will be done beforehand.11. I knew his address. 12. I wish I knew his address.

4. Translate the following sentences paying attention to the Subjunctive Mood and Adverbial Clauses of Condition:

1. It would be interesting to find out all the properties of these elements. 2. It is necessary that all the properties of these elements be investigated before we start experiments. 3. It would be difficult to find another element of the many we know which is more widely distributed in nature than oxygen. 4. We wish the students could make the experiments themselves. 5. Without the sun there would be no light, no heat, no energy of any kind. 6. Many of the ordinary objects we use would not be available without chemistry. 7. If I were you I wouldn't think of it. 8. This question couldn’t be answered with certainty if you didn’t carry out a number of investigations. 9. He insists that the equipment should be brought in a week. 10. It is unlikely that this experiment should be interesting. 11. Read attentively lest you should make mistakes. 12. It is necessary that they should apply the new method. 13. I wish they were here. 14. Without the chemical conversion of food, the life of the body would be brief. 15. It is necessary that you should examine this substance. 16. If I could, I should help him in his investigations. 17. It would be interesting to see our new laboratory. 18. It is absolutely essential that water used in conductivity experiments be of a high degree of purity.