Question

Помогите срочно !!!! Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct tense form in the Subjunctive Mood. 1. If he (to be) here, he would answer you. 2. You will have better profit if you (to take) better care of your company. 3. IfI (to know) the result now, I would phone her immediately. 4. If you (to stay) here a little longer, you will see him. 5. If you had let me know yesterday, I (to bring) you my book. 1. The company (to be) more successful if it spent more money on advertising. 2. If Rita (to open) a boutique in the High Street, she'll make lots of money. 3. If he (to be) more courageous, he would not be afraid. 4. If the fisherman had been less patient, he (not to catch) so much fish. 5. I should be disappointed if they not (to come).

Answer 1

1. If he were here, he would answer you.
2. You would have better profit if you took better care of your company.
3. If I knew the result now, I would phone her immediately.
4. If you stayed here a little longer, you would see him.
5. If you had let me know yesterday, I would have brought you my book.

1. The company would be more successful if it spent more money on advertising.
2. If Rita were to open a boutique in the High Street, she would make lots of money.
3. If he were more courageous, he would not be afraid.
4. If the fisherman had been less patient, he would not have caught so much fish.
5. I should be disappointed if they did not come.

Answer 2

Of course, I'd be happy to help you with this exercise. Let's go through each sentence:

1. If he (to be) here, he would answer you.

   • If he were here, he would answer you.

2. You will have better profit if you (to take) better care of your company.

   • You would have better profit if you took better care of your company.

3. If I (to know) the result now, I would phone her immediately.

   • If I knew the result now, I would phone her immediately.

4. If you (to stay) here a little longer, you will see him.

   • If you stay here a little longer, you will see him.

5. If you had let me know yesterday, I (to bring) you my book.

   • If you had let me know yesterday, I would have brought you my book.

6. The company (to be) more successful if it spent more money on advertising.

   • The company would be more successful if it spent more money on advertising.

7. If Rita (to open) a boutique in the High Street, she'll make lots of money.

   • If Rita opened a boutique in the High Street, she would make lots of money.

8. If he (to be) more courageous, he would not be afraid.

   • If he were more courageous, he would not be afraid.

9. If the fisherman had been less patient, he (not to catch) so much fish.

   • If the fisherman had been less patient, he would not have caught so much fish.

10. I should be disappointed if they not (to come).

    • I would be disappointed if they did not come.

Please note that in conditional sentences, we use the past simple form of the verb in the if-clause when expressing a hypothetical or unreal situation.