After each sentence, select the verb or verb string that best completes that sentence. Caution: the subjunctive form will not be the best choice in all sentences. 1. It is very important that all employees _______________ in their proper uniforms before 6:30 a.m. A. are dressed B. will be dressed C. be dressed 2. I wish my brother _________ here. A. were B. was 3. The coach insisted that Fabio _______ the center position, even though he's much too short for that position.. A. plays B. play 4. Evelyn Pumita moved that the meeting _______________. A. was adjourned B. be adjourned 5. My mother would know what to do. Oh, would that she _______ here with us now! A. were B. was 6. If only Jughead ______ a little more responsible in his choice of courses! A. was B. were 7. If Mrs. Lincoln ________ ill that night, the Lincolns would not have gone to Ford Theatre.. A. were B. had been 8. Her employees treated Mrs. Greenblatt as though she _______ a queen. A. was B. were 9. If his parents ____________ more careful in his upbringing, Holden Caulfield would have been quite different. A. had been B. were 10. I wish I _________ better today. A. feel B. felt Subjunctive Quiz List Guide to Grammar and Writing
1. It is very important that all employees _______________ in their proper uniforms before 6:30 a.m. A. are dressed B. will be dressed C. be dressed
2. I wish my brother _________ here. A. were B. was
3. The coach insisted that Fabio _______ the center position, even though he's much too short for that position.. A. plays B. play
4. Evelyn Pumita moved that the meeting _______________. A. was adjourned B. be adjourned
5. My mother would know what to do. Oh, would that she _______ here with us now! A. were B. was
6. If only Jughead ______ a little more responsible in his choice of courses! A. was B. were
7. If Mrs. Lincoln ________ ill that night, the Lincolns would not have gone to Ford Theatre.. A. were B. had been
8. Her employees treated Mrs. Greenblatt as though she _______ a queen. A. was B. were
9. If his parents ____________ more careful in his upbringing, Holden Caulfield would have been quite different. A. had been B. were
10. I wish I _________ better today. A. feel B. felt
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