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XXXII. Условные предложения и сослагательное наклонение. 
 
1. If I know about these facts, I shall tell you. 2. If I knew about these 
facts, I should tell you. 3. If I had known about these facts, I should have called 
your attention to them long ago. 4. If these facts are not neglected, the results of 
the disc overy w ill be very interesting. 5. If thes e fac ts had not been neglec ted, 
the discovery would have been made long ago. 6. If it is possible, we shall go 
there at once. 7. If it had been possible, we should have gone there the day be-
fore. 8. If you read more information on this subject, please, write to me. 9. If I 
read more information on this subject, I should write to you now. 10. If I had 
read more information on that subject, I should have already written to you. 11. 
If she is not s o stupid, she w ill put on her c oat. It is raining now . 12. If she had 
not been so stupid, she would have put on her coat and would not have caught 
cold. 13. If her son were not so polite, he would not be invited to the party to-
day. 14. If her son had been polite, he would have been invited to the party to his 
friend last night. 15. If people were more reasonable, there would be no wars on 
the planet. 16. If people had been more reasonable, there would have been no 
wars on the planet. 17. If people had been aware of the Earth threat, they would 
have used its resources more reasonably. 18. If the teams worked on friendly 
terms, the results would be more successful. 19. If the team had worked more 
successfully, it would have had the first place. 20. If the discussion of this prob-
lem had begun earlier, scientists would have been able to offer some solutions. 
21. If he hadn’t looked like his mother, I’d have never recognised him. 22. If she 
hadn’t been so beautiful, she’d have never been a film-star. 23. We should not 
have been so afraid of his dog, if it hadn’t been so big and angry. 24. They sug-
gest that the plan should be submitted to the commission. 25. I suggested that 
the problem should be discussed at the next meeting. 26. They propose that the 
work should be done at once. 27. We propose that a time limit should be fixed 
for the discussion. 28. It was important that all members of the team should be 
very attentive. 29. It is strange that she would have spoken to him. 30. The par-
ents insisted that we should have supper with them. 31. I wish I knew his ad-