Would rather

Unreal pasts and subjunctives
1.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct forms.
1 It`s just struck midnight. It`s high time we (leave)!
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31 That man has brought us nothing but trouble. I wish I never (set) eyes on him.
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32 Can I take your best umbrella? ~ I`d rather you (take) the other one.
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33 If you (have) a peep hole(con chíp) in your door you would have seen who standing outside and kept the door shut.
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34 I wish I (not try) to repair it. I only made it worse.
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35 If I (not have) rubber gloves on I would have been electrocuted.(giết nguoi bang điện)
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36 He looks as though he never (get) a square meal, but in fact his wife feeds him very well.
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would rather + subject + past tense
Answer the following questions by expressing a preference for different action. Question: Can I write my essay on the back of an envelope?
Possible answer: I`d rather you wrote it on a sheet of foolscap.
Similarly:
Can we bring our pet snake to your party?
I`d rather you didn `t or I`d rather you left it at home.
It would also of course be possible to answer with prefer + object infinitive: I`d prefer you to write it on foolscap, I`d prefer you to leave it at home.
Use you in all answers.
1 Can I go by bus? ……………………………………………
2 Can I go alone? ……………………………………………
3 Can we start tomorrow? ……………………………………………
4 Can I ring New York on your phone? ……………………………………………..
5 Can we sleep in the garden tonight? …………………………………………….
6 Can we cook our steak by holding it in front of your electric fire?
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7 Can we use your scissors to cut this wire?
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8 Can I leave school at sixteen? ………………………………………………
9 Can we come in late tomorrow? ………………………………………………
10 Shall I wake you up when I come in and tell you what happened?
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11 Can I clean my motorcycle in the kitchen?
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12 Can I tell Tom what you`ve just told me?
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13 Can I go barefoot? ………………………………………………
14 Can I have a snake tattooed round my ankle?
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15 Shall we paint your door pink with yellow stars?
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16 Shall I ring you at 3 a.m.? ………………………………………………
17 Shall I threaten to burn down his house? ………………………………………………
18 Can we bathe after dark? ………………………………………………
19 Can I park my helicopter on the roof of your house?
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20 Can I put the goldfish in the bath? ………………………………………………
21 Can we hitch-hike to Rome? ………………………………………………
22 Can I borrow your best umbrella? ………………………………………………
23 Will it be all right if I write it in longhand? ………………………………………………
24 Can I leave the washing up till the day after tomorrow?

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2 If only we (have) a phone! I`m tired of queuing outside the public phone box.
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3 You (have) better take off your wet shoes.
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4 He walks as if he (have) a wooden leg. ………………………………………
5 He talks as if he (do) all the work himself, but in fact Tom and I did most of it.
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6 Father: I`ve supported you all through university. Now I think it`s time you (begin)
to support yourself.
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7 I wish I (know) what is wrong with my car.
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8 It looks like rain; you (have) better take a coat.
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9 I wish I (ask) the fishmonger to clean these fish. (I`m sorry I didn`t ask him.)
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10 It`s time we (do) something to stop road accidents.
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11 The cheese looks as if rats (nibble) it.
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12 It`s high time they (mend) this road.
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13 He always talks as though he (address) a public meeting.
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14 He treats us as if we (be) all idiots.
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15 Wife: I`d like to get a job.
Husband: I`d much rather you (stay) at home and (look) after the house.
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16 If you (tie) the boat up it wouldn`t have drifted away.
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17 I wish you (not give) him my phone number. (7 `m sorry you gave it to him. )
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18 If only he (know) then that the disease was curable!