Exercise 6.2
1. Isn’t it about time you _____ to do the work?
A. start B. come
C. begin D. began
2. If only we _____ a phone! I’m tired of lining up outside the public phone box.
A. have B. had
C. will have D. are to have
3. It is required that all members _____ present.
A. can be B. will be
C. be D. are
4. A: I’ll pay you by cheque monthly.
B: I’d rather you _____ me cash weekly.
A. pay B. will pay
C. are to pay D. paid
5. We strongly urge that you _____ interfere in this matter.
A. don’t B. won’t
C. not D. are not going to
6. I didn’t know his telephone number; otherwise I _____ him.
A. telephoned
B. had telephoned
C. would have telephoned
D. was telephoning
7. Had she been given some information, she _____ the question.
A. would answer B. could answer
C. could have answered D. answered
8. We hung out a lantern lest he _____ lost in the mist.
A. gets B. should get
C. will get D. got
9. It is best that you _____ your trip at once.
A. cancel B. canceled
C. will cancel D. are to cancel
10. I feel very uncomfortable. I wish I _____ so much.
A. do not eat B. did not eat
C. had not eaten D. have not eaten
11. It is essential that he _____ the dentist at once.
A. sees B. see
C. will see D. is to see
12. The committee proposed that a lawyer _____ consulted regarding their legal rights.
A. were B. was
C. be D. to be
13. I could go myself but I would sooner you _____.
A. go B. have gone
C. will go D. went
14. His hair is very long. His parents wish he _____ it cut.
A. will have B. has
C. had D. would have
15. The law requires that everyone _____ a test for a driver’s license.
A. takes B. will take
C. took D. take
16. If the waters of the ocean _____ moved away, the sea floor with its wide valleys, uneven mountains and submarine rivers would be an unbelievable sight.
A. is B. can
C. may be D. could be
17. If we did not have atmospheric pressure, we _____ automobile tires.
A. can not have B. could not have
C. will not have D. are not having
18. _____ electronic computers not been used, it would have taken them a long time to solve the complicated problem.
A. Had B. Have
C. Has D. Were
19. Without air, we _____ forced to seek shelter from the sun, as there _____ no atmosphere to protect us from the sun’s deadly rays.
A. will be, will be B. may be, may be
C. would be, would be D. are, is
20. In the absence of friction, belts _____ in conveying power from one machine to another.
A. will not be used
B. may not be used
C. can not be used
D. could not be used
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