Model: I don’t know many people. (and I am lonely).

I wish I knew more people.

1. I don’t have a car. (and I need one)

2. I can’t find a solution to this complicated task. (and I need it for my future work)

3. I live in a big city. (and I don’t like it)

4. I don’t know anything about cars. (and my car has just broken down)

5. I’m not a mechanic engineer but I’m very interested in tool-making and machine-building.

(B) Exercise 3. Use I wish instead of it’s a pity. Make all the necessary changes.

Model: It’s a pity I am so busy today.

I wish I were not so busy today.

It’s a pity I was so busy yesterday.

I wish I hadn’t been so busy yesterday.

1. It’s a pity she is at work at the moment.

2. It’s a pity we were not acquainted with electrical engineering last year.

3. It’s a pity he can’t design the solution.

4. It’s a pity I didn’t think realistically what sort of person I am.

5. It’s a pity you were absent at the meeting yesterday.

(B) Exercise 4. Answer the following sentences using the Subjunctive Mood after the verb wish according to the model.

Model: Are you an engineer?

I wish I were.

1. Are you a second-year student?

2. Do you know physics well?

3. Did you speak at the meeting yesterday?

4. Did you get a good mark in English at the exam?

5. Is your report ready?

(B) Exercise 5. Supply the necessary forms of the Subjunctive Mood in clauses introduced by as if and as though.

1. You look as if you (to want) to ask something.

2. She greeted me as though I (to be) an old school friend whom she hadn’t seen for years.

3. I don’t like Tim. He talks as if he (to know) everything.

4. Brian is a terrible driver. He drives as if he (to be) the only driver on the road.

5. I’m 20 years old, so, please, don’t talk to me as though I (to be) a child.

(B) Exercise 6. Use if only instead of it’s a pity. Make all the necessary changes.

Model: It’s a pity but I don’t know how to repair this motor.

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