PENGGUNAAN SUBJUNCTIVE (WISHES) DALAM PERCAKAPAN

I. PENGGUNAAN SUBJUNCTIVE (WISHES) DALAM PERCAKAPAN

1. The teacher: So, you didn’t finish typing those letters!

          Student: I wish …typing those letters, buy sorry my computer     was broken.

A. Finish

B. am finishing

C. have finished

D. Finishes

E. had finished

2. Sonny: You look so tired yesterday, why didn’t you take a rest, Nata?

        Sonata: I wish I … I had to finish my school assignment on time.

A. am able

B. able

C. had been able

D. was able

E. be able

3. Ally : Hendrix talked much yesterday as if he …everything.

          Shania: Yeah, I did think so, he did.

A. know

B. knows

C. had known

D. knowing

E. is knowing

4. Rufiyaa: Your son climbed the mountain again.

Mullah: If only he had obeyed my advice, I would be very happy.

A. He obeyed her advice

B. He would obey her advice

C. He had obeyed her advice

D. He didn’t obey her advice

E. He has obeyed her advice

5. Olla: I didn’t know the answers of all my teacher questions, but I        do wish I …

           Anna: Me, either.

A. remember

B. will okay 

C. had known

D. get good mark

E. knowing

6. Soule:  Did you remember Luna’s address?

       Antsy: I didn’t know. If only I … her address, I would have told you.

A. remember

B. will remember

C. to remember

D. had remembered

E. had forgotten

7. Mrs. Any: Two students didn’t pass the final examination last year.

        Mr. Hartco:  I wish they … hard, so they could have passed from it.

A. studied 

B. will study

C. work

D. had studied

E. be able to work

8. Helen: I planed to go to the party last night, but it rained cat and dog.

          Susan: I did too, I wish it …. so we could have met there.

A. was good time

B. has stopped

C. stops

D. would quarreled

E. had stopped

9. Aura: Shania forgot to bring her homework.

          Julian: I see, and she wishes …her homework.

A. forgot

B. forgets

C. will not forget

D. hadn’t forgotten

E. wouldn’t forgotten

10. Magus: “Ana didn’t reply my letter”.

            Wordy: “Yeah, she told me”.

            Magus: “If only she…. a letter for me, I would be very happy”.

A. write

B. will write

C. had written

D. has written

E. write

11. Samson: I couldn’t do the English test well; it was extremely difficult for me. I wish I … harder for it.

              Zahra:  Hopefully, you will get not so bad mark.

A. study

B. studied

C.  to study

D. has studied

E. had studied.

 12.  Queen: I realized that I lost my purse when I needed money to pay the taxi fare.

            King: So, how did you feel when you stopped the taxi?

            Queen: I felt nothing, I stopped the taxi as if I ….. my money.

A. don’t lose

B. has lost

C. have not lost

D. would be lost

E. had not lost

13.   The Police : Did you hear something when the thief entered your house?

         The host : I wish I …. something, but I didn’t. I even heard nothing.

A. hear

B. didn’t hear

C. heard

D. have heard

E. had heard

14.  They wish they had come earlier to the meeting last night. From the sentence we know that ….

A. They come early

B.  they came earlyCB. They have come early

D.  they had come early

E. They didn’t come early

15.   Mrs. Catty wishes that she were a good housewife.

        From the sentence we may conclude that ….

A. She is really a good wife

B. She will be a good wife

C. She isn’t a good housewife

D. She was a good housewife

E. She would be a good housewife

16. Bill has been working hard for this shop for many years, and   now he acts as if he were the owner.

            The sentence can be concluded that ….

A. Bill is an honest man

B. Bill is not the owner of the store

C. Bill has become a rich man

D. Bill is one whom the owner trust

E. Bill is not a share holder

17.   I didn’t get the ticket for the final football match, I didn’t go early enough. The sentence has the same meaning as the sentence below:

A. I wish I could go early enough to get the ticker for the final football match.

B. I wish I will have gone to get the ticker enough for a final football match.

C. I wish I had gone early enough to get a ticker ticket for a final football match.

D. I wish I went to the final football match.

E. I wish I hadn’t gone earlier enough.

18. The teacher: Why haven’t you finished writing those materials?

         Student: I wish …writing those materials, but I run out my pen ink.

A. have

B. am finishing

C. have finished

D. finishes

E. had finished

19.  Ruanda: Your brother didn’t pass the exam again.

             Malian: If only he had studied seriously, he might have passed.

A. He  studied seriously

B. He might study seriously

C. He had studied seriously

D. He didn’t study seriously

E. He has studied seriously

20.  Aquila: Rusty wished she didn’t forget to lock the door.

              Julian: Yeah, but the reality she ….

A. didn’t remember

B. forgets

C. will remember

D. hadn’t forgotteN
E. remembers