Subjunctive Mood

____ more careful, his ship would not have sunk.

• A. If the captain were

• B. Had the captain been

• C. Should the captain be

• D. If the captain would have been

If he _____ me tomorrow, I would let him know.

• A. should call

• B. should not have been able

• C. were not able

• D. are not able

If you asked your father, you _____ permission.

• A. may get

• B. might get

• C. should have called

• D. maybe get

____ today, he would get there by Friday.

• A. Would he leave

• B. Was he leaving

• C. Were he to leave

• D. If he leaves

______I you, I would go with him to the party.

• A. Was

• B. Had been

• C. Will be

• D. Were

If they had been done by hand, the millions of calculations involved, ______all practical value by the time they were finished.

• A. could lose

• B. would have lost

• C. might lose

• D. ought to have lost

Had Paul received six more votes in the last election, he______our chairman now.

• A. must have been

• B. would have been

• C. were

• D. would be

If you ______Jerry Brown until recently, you’d think the photograph on the right was strange.

• A. shouldn’t contact

• B. didn’t contact

• C. weren’t to contact

• D. hadn’t contacted

______the English examination, I would have gone to the concert last Sunday

• In spite of

• B. But for

• C. Because of

• D. As for

Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I______your advice

• A. follow

• B. would follow

• C. had followed

• D. have followed