Subjunctive mood & conditionals

1. Choose the correct conditional completion: “Had the captain checked the tide table earlier, the ferry ____ departed on schedule” (would have / will have).

2. Choose the correct form: “It is vital that the patient ____ hydrated during recovery” (stay / stays).

3. Choose the correct form: “It is important that a scientific hypothesis ____ testable and falsifiable” (be / are).

4. Choose the correct form: “Take shelter immediately lest the storm ____ you in the open channel” (catch / catches).

5. Choose the correct counterfactual subjunctive form: “If I ____ you, I would double-check the units before submitting” (were / was).

6. Choose the correct form: “The bylaws require that the treasurer ____ an audited statement every year” (submit / submits).

7. Choose the correct form: “It is essential that the specimen ____ kept at a constant temperature” (be / is).

8. Choose the correct form: “The judge ordered that the witness ____ the courtroom” (leave / leaves).

9. Choose the correct form: “The editor demanded that the fabricated quotation ____ removed immediately” (be / was).

10. In the fixed expression “Suffice it to say, the experiment succeeded”, what mood is “Suffice”: Subjunctive or Interrogative?

11. Choose the correct form: “He acts as if he ____ every capital city in the world” (knew / knows).

12. Choose the correct past counterfactual: “If we ____ measured the mass before heating, we could have calculated the water lost” (had / would have).