Poems Period 3 Grammar—the Subjunctive Mood(2)
3.in expressing the situation contrary to the future，“were/did/should＋v./were to＋v.” is often used in the “if” clause and “would＋v.” is often used in the main clause expressing the situation contrary to the future.
step 5 grammar practice
ask students to do the following exercises：
1.change the following sentences into the subjunctive mood.put the verbs into the correct forms.
(1)she was busy，so she didn't come.
(2)we didn't know your telephone number，so we didn't call you.
(3)everybody who ate the fish got sick.i didn't eat any fish.
suggested answers：
(1)if she hadn't been busy，she would have come.
(2)if we had known your telephone number，we might have called you.
(3)if i had eaten the fish，i would have gotten sick too.
2.do exercise 3 in discovering useful structures on page 13.
3.do the exercises in using structures on pages 50－51.
first ask students to do the exercises individually，and then let them discuss and check their answers with their partners，and finally give them the correct answers and deal with any problems they might meet.
step 6 getting more about the grammar
ask students to go back to page 10 and read through the reading passage a few simple forms of english poems to pick out the sentences with the subjunctive mood and then translate them into chinese.
suggested answers：
we would_have_won... 我們本來會奪冠……
if jack had_scored that goal, 如果杰克踢進了那個球，
if we'd_had just a few more minutes, 如果我們還有幾分鐘，
if we had_trained harder, 如果我們訓練得更嚴格，
if ben had_passed the ball to joe, 如果本把球傳給了喬，
if we'd_had thousands of fans screaming, 如果有大批球迷助威，
if i hadn't_taken my eye off the ball, 如果我死死盯住球，
if we hadn't_stayed_up so late the night before, 如果我們頭晚不熬夜，
if we_hadn't_taken it easy, 如果我們沒有放松警惕，