Question

Help me please НУЖНО ОТКРЫТЬ СКОБКИ Open the brackets using the correct form of the Subjunctive Mood. Retell the passage. On Thursday morning at breakfast Steven said: "It's high time you (to make up) your mind about that visit to "Four Winds" this weekend. We ought to go, you know. We haven't been at the Marshalls' for ages, we just can't put them off." "But, Steven," said Ruth ill-temperedly, "I can't go. If my grey dress (not to send) to the cleaner's I (can) wear it. But I can't wear my new suit, it's not hot enough for it yet." Steven finished his food and was looking through his mail. "Why treat it as if it (to be) a serious problem? Why make such a "fuss about nothing? At "Four Winds" everyone wears just anything." Opening a, letter he added: "Really, you're a most annoying person, Ruth. What I want to know is, can you go or can't you?" "I can if you can. You know that." "I'm not sure yet how busy I'll be tomorrow. I suggest that you (to go down) tomorrow afternoon. George (to pick) you up and (to drive) you down if you (to agree) to go tomorrow. And I'll turn up in the evening, if I can get away, or on Saturday morning at the latest." "Oh, no," Ruth laid down her knife and fork. "I wish we (to go) together." "I wish you (to go) ahead." "I'm not going without you," Ruth said firmly. "But for you they (not to ask) me to come, anyway. They only ask me because I'm your wife. And it looks as if Marion (to hate) me. I wish you (to ring) them up yesterday and told them that I'm coming with you." (after "Thursday Afternoons" by M. Dickens)

Answer 1

On Thursday morning at breakfast Steven said: "It's high time you (made up) your mind about that visit to "Four Winds" this weekend. We ought to go, you know. We haven't been at the Marshalls' for ages, we just can't put them off."
"But, Steven," said Ruth ill-temperedly, "I can't go. If my grey dress (had not been sent) to the cleaner's I (could) wear it. But I can't wear my new suit, it's not hot enough for it yet."
Steven finished his food and was looking through his mail.
"Why treat it as if it (were) a serious problem? Why make such a "fuss about nothing? At "Four Winds" everyone wears just anything."
Opening a letter he added: "Really, you're a most annoying person, Ruth. What I want to know is, can you go or can't you?"
"I can if you can. You know that."
"I'm not sure yet how busy I'll be tomorrow. I suggest that you (go down) tomorrow afternoon. George (will pick) you up and (drive) you down if you (agree) to go tomorrow. And I'll turn up in the evening, if I can get away, or on Saturday morning at the latest."
"Oh, no," Ruth laid down her knife and fork. "I wish we (went) together."
"I wish you (went) ahead."
"I'm not going without you," Ruth said firmly. "But for you they (would not ask/ would not have asked) me to come, anyway. They only ask me because I'm your wife. And it looks as if Marion (hates) me. I wish you (had rung) them up yesterday and told them that I'm coming with you."

Answer 2

On Thursday morning at breakfast, Steven expressed his desire for Ruth to make up her mind about their visit to "Four Winds" that weekend. He insisted that they should go, as they hadn't been to the Marshalls' place for a long time and didn't want to postpone the visit any further.

However, Ruth responded grumpily, saying that she couldn't go because her grey dress hadn't been sent to the cleaner's, and she could only wear it. She also mentioned that she couldn't wear her new suit yet, as it wasn't warm enough for the weather.

Steven, seemingly unfazed, finished his breakfast and checked his mail. He questioned why Ruth was making such a big deal out of it, suggesting that everyone at "Four Winds" dressed casually and there was no need for a fuss.

Ruth replied that she could go if Steven could, emphasizing that she wouldn't go alone. Steven mentioned that he wasn't certain about his availability the next day, but he proposed that she should go down to "Four Winds" tomorrow afternoon. He said that George could pick her up and drive her down if she agreed to go on that day. Steven promised to join her in the evening if possible, or at the latest, on Saturday morning.

Ruth expressed her preference for going together, but Steven insisted she should go ahead. However, she firmly refused to go without him, believing that she was only invited because she was Steven's wife and that Marion didn't like her. Ruth wished that Steven had called them the previous day to inform them that she would be coming along.

Overall, the passage portrays a conversation between Steven and Ruth regarding their plans to visit "Four Winds." The Subjunctive Mood is used in sentences like: "It's high time you made up your mind," "If my grey dress were not sent," "Why treat it as if it were a serious problem," "I suggest that you go down," "if I can get away," "I wish we could go together," "But for you, they would not ask me to come," "It looks as if Marion hates me," and "I wish you had rung them up yesterday."