The Subjuntive - Error Correction
Read the following sentence. If it is correct, write correct. If it is incorrect, correct the error or errors.
Experts argued that it was crucial that all children are vaccinated against polio.
Experts argued that it was crucial that all children be vaccinated against polio.
Read each quote and restate it, using the subjunctive.
“Don’t forget to call me!”
My best friend Mary said it was important that I ______.
My best friend Mary said it was important that I call her.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.
It was cute that the puppies _____ (play) with their new toys.
played
Choose the correct answers.
If effective cures for cancer and heart disease
(are discovered / were discovered),
millions of lives (would be saved / would have been saved).
were discovered
would be saved
Choose the correct answer.
If the smartphone (weren’t invented / hadn’t been invented), social media would never have been as popular as it is now
hadn't been invented
Read the following sentence. If it is correct, write correct. If it is incorrect, correct the error or errors.
Most doctors recommend that an adult male gets a checkup at least once a year.
Most doctors recommend that an adult male get a checkup at least once a year.
Read each quote and restate it, using the subjunctive.
“Let’s increase international trade.”
The president proposed that the country ______.
The president proposed that the country increase international trade.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.
It was important that my brother _____ (clean) his room before he could play video games with his friends.
clean
Choose the correct answers.
If petroleum (weren’t used / hadn’t been used) as the world’s primary energy source, the world’s economies (will be changed / would be changed).
weren't used
would be changed
Choose the correct answers.
The iPhone (might never have been invented / might never have invented) if Steve Jobs hadn’t returned to serve as CEO of Apple.
might never have been invented
Read the following sentence. If it is correct, write correct. If it is incorrect, correct the error or errors.
It was requested that she waits in front of the school at 6:00.
It was requested that she wait in front of the school at 6:00.
Read each quote and restate it, using the subjunctive.
. “Provide us with an airplane and ten million dollars in cash.”
The terrorists demanded that they _____.
The terrorists demanded that they be provided with and airplane and ten million dollars in cash.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.
They insisted that the dishes ______ (wash) every night.
be washed
Choose the correct answers.
If the majority of surgeries (were performed / were not performed) by robots, remote surgeries (would be more accepted / wouldn't be more accepted).
were performed
would be more accepted
Complete each statement with the unreal conditional in the passive voice.
If the polio virus _______ (not / discover) when it was, the vaccine ________ (not develop) and many more people _______ (get) polio.
had not been discovered
would not have been developed
would have gotten
Read the following sentence. If it is correct, write correct. If it is incorrect, correct the error or errors.
I suggest that your brother doesn’t arrive at the event late.
I suggest that your brother not arrive at the event late.
Read each quote and restate it, using the subjunctive.
“Don’t negotiate with kidnappers!”
The senator insisted that the government ____.
The senator insisted that the government not negoiate with kidnappers.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.
I thought that the food _______ (deliver) very quickly.
was delivered
Complete each statement with the unreal conditional in the passive voice.
If acts of terrorism ____ (not / report) so frequently on the news, tourism would be growing even more rapidly worldwide.
were not reported
Rewrite the sentence in the passive voice.
If they had stopped the work on nanotechnology and genetic engineering years ago, there would have been less hope for finding cures for many diseases.
If the work on nanotechnology and genetic engineering had been stopped years ago, there would have been less hope for finding cures for many of today’s diseases.
Read the following sentence. If it is correct, write correct. If it is incorrect, correct the error or errors.
It’s absolutely essential that everyone is given a copy of the meeting agenda next Monday.
It’s absolutely essential that everyone be given a copy of the meeting agenda next Monday.
Read each quote and restate it, using the subjunctive.
“You don’t need to dress formally for the meeting.”
The manager explained that it wasn’t necessary that anyone _____.
The manager explained that it wasn’t necessary that anyone dress formally for the meeting.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.
I'm proposing that the trip ________ (not / take) to Mexico next summer.
not be taken
Rewrite the sentence in passive voice.
If more people supported charity organizations, a lot of good could be done.
If charity organizations were supported by more people, a lot of good could be done.
Rewrite the sentence in passive voice.
If the government had permitted human cloning 50 years ago, we would have seen clones walking around every day.
If human cloning had been permitted 50 years ago, clones would have been seen walking around every day.