English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 3. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых.
they would have already came home.
5 What would you done if you had been them? Would you had tried to find the way home or would you continued exploring the place?
6 Of course, Luna would rather Kudjo find the way back home, but Kudjo thinks it’s about time they find the answers to all their questions in this particular place.
7 They checked every stone, every bush and every tree, but hadn’t found anything special.
8 They couldn’t understand why the bats wanted them to come here.
9 If the bats can speak Doggish or Kudjo and Luna can speak Battish, everything would be much simpler.
EXERCISE 10
Choose the correct option:
1 It’s high time they ***** back home.
a come
b came
c would come
2 Luna’s parents would rather Luna and Kudjo ***** at home now.
a were
b are
c would be
3 They ***** more worried if they ***** where Luna is now.
a will be / know
b would be / would know
c would be / knew
4 Luna would rather ***** at home in her bed now, But not in this weird place.
a be
b would be
c is
5 If they ***** those bats, ***** them, they ***** this night in their warm and soft beds.
a wouldn’t have believed / wouldn’t have followed / had spent
b hadn’t believed / hadn’t followed / would have spent
c didn’t believe / didn’t follow / would spend
6 Luna started whimpering and Kudjo decided to go back home. But he didn’t remember the way they ***** here.
a had come
b came
c have come
7 If he ***** the bats but had run on his own, he would definitely ***** the way here.
a wouldn’t have followed / had remembered
b hadn’t followed / remembered
c hadn’t followed / have remembered
8 While Kudjo ***** to find the way back, Luna ***** and running around him.
a had been trying / had been still whining
b was trying / was still whining
c tried / was still whining
9 Suddenly she ***** whining and started digging out something very fast.
a stopped
b had stopped
c would stop
EXERCISE 11
Translate the story:
Куджо подбежал к ней и увидел, что она раскапывает какой-то небольшой холмик, покрытый зеленой травой и желтыми цветочками мать-и-мачехи. Это было так удивительно видеть кусочек весны посреди зимы. Странно, почему они раньше не заметили этот бугорок? Если было бы светлее, когда они прибежали на это место, они бы, наверное, его сразу увидели. Давно было бы им пора вернуться домой и они не стали терять время на раздумья и оба принялись раскапывать этот холмик. Если он отличается так сильно от всего этого места, значит, там что-то есть особенное. Что-то, что привело их сюда. Что-то, что летучие мыши хотели, чтобы они нашли.
Луна вдруг взвизгнула, потому что ее лапа наткнулась на что-то твердое и теплое. Она расчистила это место получше и собаки увидели квадратную кожаную коробку, которая, действительно, была очень теплой на ощупь. Как только Луна положила на нее свою лапу, коробка медленно открылась сама. Внутри ничего не было. Только какая-то квадратная выемка на самом дне. Куджо и Луна вздохнули разочарованно, закрыли коробку и побежали домой со всех лап. Самое странное было то, что сейчас они четко знали, куда бежать и где их дом. Им давно бы уже пора сидеть дома и получать нагоняй от родителей Луны.
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Unit 6
If only and Wish Sentences
We use
Subject + wish + somebody + Past Simple or Past Continuous or
If only + somebody + Past Simple or Past Continuous
to talk about things we would like to be different in the present/future (but which are impossible or unlikely)
Kudjo wishes he knew the truth. (= He doesn’t know it and he regrets this)
If only Kudjo knew the truth!
After wish and if only, you can use were instead of was (I wish it were etc.). It sounds more formal.
I wish it was is also possible. So you can say:
Kudjo wishes Luna were (was) here now.
There is no big substantial difference between wish and if only, apart from the fact that if only gives more emphasis to what we are saying.
EXERCISE 1
What do they wish? Write sentences with I wish or If only:
For example,
Kudjo: