Subjunctive - Wish Clauses MCQ Test

Subjunctive Mood MCQ Test Topics:

Wish
Would rather
Would sooner
Would just as soon
If only
Suppose
It’s time
It’s about time
It’s high time
Would to God
As if = as though

Subjunctive - Wish Clauses MCQ Test - Online Exercise

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Question 1

Oh, how I wish I _____ with you last night!

A	were
B	was
C	had been
D	am
E	have been

Question 1 Explanation:

For a wish about the past, use wish + past perfect. The clue is last night: I wish I had been with you means I wasn't with you, and I'm sorry about it. Not were/was, because they are used for wishes about the present.

Question 2

Oh, how I wish you _____ there with me last night!

A	were
B	are
C	had been
D	have been
E	would be

Question 2 Explanation:

To express regret about a past situation, use wish + past perfect: I wish you had been there with me last night. The clue is last night. Not were, because wish + past simple is for the present (I wish you were here now).

Question 3

It's high time we all _____ home now.

A	have gone
B	had gone
C	will go
D	go
E	went

Question 3 Explanation:

After It's high time + subject, we use the past simple, but the meaning is present: it should happen now. It's high time we all went home. Not go, because this structure needs the past form.

Question 4

I wish you _____ to me like that last night!

A	were speaking
B	didn't speak
C	hadn't spoken
D	have been speaking
E	spoke

Question 4 Explanation:

A regret about the past takes wish + past perfect. The clue is last night: I wish you hadn't spoken to me like that. Not didn't speak, because the past simple after wish refers to the present.

Question 5

I feel as if I _____ in heaven when you take me into your arms.

A	will have been
B	were
C	had been
D	have been
E	would be

Question 5 Explanation:

After as if for an unreal situation in the present, we use the past subjunctive were for all persons: I feel as if I were in heaven. Not had been, because the feeling and the situation are at the same time, not earlier.

Question 6

I am sorry, but I don't know where he lives. I wish I _____.

A	did
B	were
C	had known
D	do
E	will know

Question 6 Explanation:

I don't know is a present situation, so the wish uses the past simple. The short form repeats the auxiliary: I wish I did (= I wish I knew). Not had known, because that would be about the past.

Question 7

I now wish I _____ all of that money and saved some for the future.

A	didn't spend
B	hadn't spent
C	don't spend
D	haven't spent
E	won't spend

Question 7 Explanation:

The spending happened in the past, so the regret takes wish + past perfect: I wish I hadn't spent all of that money. Not didn't spend, because the past simple after wish is for present situations.

Question 8

Look at him! He behaves _____ he didn't know!

A	if only
B	as if
C	even if
D	supposing
E	only if

Question 8 Explanation:

As if introduces an unreal comparison. Here it describes how someone behaves: He behaves as if he didn't know (but really he knows). Not even if, which means 'whatever happens' and does not compare.

Question 9

I'd rather we _____ paid now.

A	will get
B	shall get
C	had got
D	got
E	have got

Question 9 Explanation:

Would rather + a different subject + past simple expresses a preference about the present or future: I'd rather we got paid now. Not had got, because the past perfect is used only for preferences about the past.

Question 10

Suppose they _____ late yesterday!

A	were
B	would have been
C	had been
D	be
E	have been

Question 10 Explanation:

Suppose used to imagine an unreal past situation is followed by the past perfect. The clue is yesterday: Suppose they had been late yesterday! Not were, because it refers to an imaginary present situation.

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