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Step IV Practice T: To master the Subjunctive Mood better, let's do some practice. Look at the screen and finish the exercises by yourselves first and then have a discussion in pairs to check your answers. (Show the following on the screen.) Join the pairs of sentences using the Subjunctive Mood. EXAMPLE: The house caught fire. I did not turn off the electric heater. →If 1 had turned off the electric heater, the house would not have caught fire. 1. The old man died of sudden heart at tack. He was not sent to the hospital in time. 2. The boy died of electric shock. He touched the broken electric wires. 3. The building was burned down. They didn't fix the worn-out electric wires. 4. The woman was gas-poisoned. She didn't open the window when cooking. 5. The worker fell down the ladder and broke his leg. He put the ladder on a wet floor. 6. The little girl drowned. She got too close to the lake. 7. The baby put small pieces of the toy in her mouth. Her mother left them on the floor. Suggested answers, 1. If the old man had been sent to the hospital in time, he would not have died of a sudden heart attack. 2. If the boy had not touched the broken electric wires, he wouldn't have died of electric shock. 3. If they had fixed the worn-out electric wires, the building would not have been burned down. 4. If the woman had opened the window when cooking, she would not have been gas-poisoned. 5. If the worker had not put the ladder on a wet floor, he wouldn't have fallen down the ladder and broken his leg. 6. If the little girl had not got too close to the lake, she would not have drowned. 7. If the baby's mother had not left the small pieces of the toy on the floor, the baby wouldn't have put them in her mouth. (责任编辑：admin) |