hela
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- Apr 12, 2004
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Arabic
- Home Country
- Tunisia
- Current Location
- Tunisia
Dear teachers,
A/ SUBJUNCTIVE:
1) Original stce:
I did not know the examination was important; I did not study for it.
Stce transformation: Are the following stces grammatically correct? If yes, what’s the difference btw them?
a) Had I known the examination WAS important, I would have studied for it.
b) Had I known the examination HAD BEEN important, I would have studied for it.
2) Original stce:
He cannot go skiing with them; he is too busy.
Stce transformation: Same question as 1)
a) They wished he would/could go skiing with them but he IS too busy.
- Why can we have WISH in the past = WISHED combined with the future and present form?
- Which mood/form do “would / could go” belong to? It is not the past subjunctive, so what is it?
b) They wished he would/could go skiing with them but he WAS too busy.
b) They wished (that?) he WENT skiing with them but he WAS too busy.
c) They wished he WERE not too busy so that he could go skiing with them.
d) They WISH he WERE not too busy so that he could go skiing with them.
e) They wished he HAD GONE skiing with them but he WAS too busy. (This stce does not correspond to the original one, does it?)
Which stce is closer in form and meaning to the original one?
B/ Prepositions:
A Road Accident
It was raining heavily as I was walking up the hill 1 towards / toward / to (?) the station at 6 o’clock 2 on a Saturday morning. 3 At this early hour there was not much traffic and there weren’t many people in sight. Just as I was crossing the road 4 near / on (?) the top of the hill, a car came round the corner. It was travelling very fast and the driver was obviously having difficulty in controlling it. Suddenly it swerved violently, skidded on the wet road, hit a lamp-post and turned over.
5 At once I ran 6 to / towards / toward (?) the car to assist the driver, but he was unconscious and there was a lot of blood 7 on his face. A young woman hurried 8 into / to (?) the station and phoned for an ambulance while I took care of the driver.
Are there other possibilities you can thing of ?
Thank you very much indeed.
Hela
A/ SUBJUNCTIVE:
1) Original stce:
I did not know the examination was important; I did not study for it.
Stce transformation: Are the following stces grammatically correct? If yes, what’s the difference btw them?
a) Had I known the examination WAS important, I would have studied for it.
b) Had I known the examination HAD BEEN important, I would have studied for it.
2) Original stce:
He cannot go skiing with them; he is too busy.
Stce transformation: Same question as 1)
a) They wished he would/could go skiing with them but he IS too busy.
- Why can we have WISH in the past = WISHED combined with the future and present form?
- Which mood/form do “would / could go” belong to? It is not the past subjunctive, so what is it?
b) They wished he would/could go skiing with them but he WAS too busy.
b) They wished (that?) he WENT skiing with them but he WAS too busy.
c) They wished he WERE not too busy so that he could go skiing with them.
d) They WISH he WERE not too busy so that he could go skiing with them.
e) They wished he HAD GONE skiing with them but he WAS too busy. (This stce does not correspond to the original one, does it?)
Which stce is closer in form and meaning to the original one?
B/ Prepositions:
A Road Accident
It was raining heavily as I was walking up the hill 1 towards / toward / to (?) the station at 6 o’clock 2 on a Saturday morning. 3 At this early hour there was not much traffic and there weren’t many people in sight. Just as I was crossing the road 4 near / on (?) the top of the hill, a car came round the corner. It was travelling very fast and the driver was obviously having difficulty in controlling it. Suddenly it swerved violently, skidded on the wet road, hit a lamp-post and turned over.
5 At once I ran 6 to / towards / toward (?) the car to assist the driver, but he was unconscious and there was a lot of blood 7 on his face. A young woman hurried 8 into / to (?) the station and phoned for an ambulance while I took care of the driver.
Are there other possibilities you can thing of ?
Thank you very much indeed.
Hela