This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Subjunctive Errors – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subjunctive Errors Quiz 3 (27 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I'd rather you ..... a noise last night; I couldn't get to sleep. A) Didn't make. B) Haven't made. C) Hadn't made. D) Wouldn't make. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hadn't made. 2. Choose the correct sentence using "as if" A) He preached me as if he is a preacher. B) He preached me as if he were a preacher. C) He preached me as if he was a preacher. D) He preached me as if he preacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He preached me as if he were a preacher. 3. Jack rang while you were out.-Oh, dear. If I ..... he was going to ring, I ..... at home. A) Would have known, had stayed. B) Would know, stayed. C) Knew, would stay. D) Knew, had stayed. E) Had known, would have stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had known, would have stayed. 4. You ..... well today if you ..... the medicine yesterday. A) Will be feeling, took. B) Will feel, took. C) Would be feeling, has taken. D) Would have felt, has been taking. E) Would feel, had taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Would feel, had taken. 5. The farmers would rather the government ..... to their field directly A) Coming. B) Come. C) Came. D) Comes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came. 6. If only they ..... their tickets; I've got two spare ones. A) Hadn't bought. B) Didn't buy. C) Wouldn't buy. D) Haven't bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hadn't bought. 7. If he ..... regularly all through the term, he ..... afraid of his exams now. A) Studied, is. B) Had been studying, wouldn't be. C) Would be studying, were not. D) Has studied, will be. E) Has been studying, wouldn't be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had been studying, wouldn't be. 8. But for your help we ..... in time. A) Would not have finished. B) Will not finish. C) Haven't finished. D) Didn't finish. E) Hadn't finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would not have finished. 9. "I shouldn't have missed Mary's party." - "It's a pity you ..... ; we had a lovely time." A) Haven't come. B) Weren't coming. C) Didn't come. D) Hadn't come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't come. 10. "Susan looks ready to cry." - "It looks as if Peter ..... her birthday again!" A) Has been forgetting. B) Had forgotten. C) Has forgotten. D) Had been forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has forgotten. 11. If Pat had been more careful she ..... the camera. A) Wouldn't have broken. B) Won't have broken. C) Hasn't broken. D) Wouldn't break. E) Hadn't broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wouldn't have broken. 12. If Dan ..... the lottery he would stop working. A) Is winning. B) Would win. C) Won. D) Wins. E) Will win. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won. 13. He regrets ..... enough time to finish the exercises. A) Not have had. B) Not to have. C) To not have. D) Not having. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not having. 14. "You're looking rather pleased with yourself." - "Suppose your boss ..... you a big bonus, you would too." A) Would offer. B) Had been offered. C) Has been offering. D) Had offered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had offered. 15. If mother ..... him to the skating rink in his childhood, he ..... two times Olympic champion. A) Wouldn't have taken, had never become. B) Hadn't taken, would never have become. C) Doesn't take, had never become. D) Wouldn't take, had never become. E) Didn't take, would never have become. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hadn't taken, would never have become. 16. If Mike took some exercise he ..... so unfit. A) Didn't be. B) Were not. C) Was not. D) Won't be. E) Wouldn't be. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Wouldn't be. 17. Inspector Strickland, like myself, was suffering from a severe attack of bronchitis, which threatened to become chronic if it ..... immediately relieved. A) Had been. B) Were not. C) Would not be. D) Is not. E) Would not have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were not. 18. If she ..... half an hour earlier, she ..... to see him before the departure. He was eager to say good-bye to her. A) Would have come, would have been able. B) Would come, was able. C) Came, would be able. D) Comes, was able. E) Had come, would have been able. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Had come, would have been able. 19. We ..... the train if we ..... faster. A) Had caught, would have walked. B) Would catch, will walk. C) Would catch, had walked. D) Would have caught, walked. E) Would have caught, had walked. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Would have caught, had walked. 20. What if we ..... that grandmother A) Help. B) Helped. C) Helping. D) Helps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helped. 21. Since they were new to town and didn't yet have a doctor, Matthew wished that she ..... a taxi to the nearest hospital outpatient clinic. A) Take. B) Will take. C) Took. D) Takes. E) Would take. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took. 22. Suppose she ..... that outrageous story circulating around the office; she'd be furious! A) Were heard. B) Has heard. C) Would hear. D) Had heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had heard. 23. He wished they ..... his embarrassment at the moment she was introducing him. A) Would not have noticed. B) Didn't notice. C) Hadn't noticed. D) Don't notice. E) Would have noticed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't notice. 24. If I had enough money I ..... to the seaside next week. A) Will have gone. B) Would have gone. C) Will go. D) Would go. E) Am going. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would go. 25. He ..... so many mistakes now if he ..... so many classes. A) Is not making, does not miss. B) Wouldn't be making, hadn't missed. C) Wouldn't made, hadn't missed. D) Won't be making, hadn't missed. E) Won't make, hasn't missed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wouldn't be making, hadn't missed. 26. Don't daydream, it's high time you ..... and ..... A) Steps, struggles. B) Stepping, struggling. C) Step, struggle. D) Stepped, struggled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stepped, struggled. 27. I wish I ..... their help when it was offered. A) Had accepted. B) Would accept. C) Have accepted. D) Accepted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had accepted. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSubjunctive Errors Quiz 1Subjunctive Errors Quiz 2Accept Vs. Except QuizAffect Vs Effect QuizCommon Mistakes QuizCommon Modifier Errors QuizCommon Usage Errors QuizCommon Word Errors Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books