But for the English examination I would have gone to the concert last Sunday.
(3)intended/meant/hoped/wished/planned或was/were +不定式完成式或had intended/meant/planned/hoped/wished+不定式一般式暗示虛擬語氣。如:
I intended to have called on you, but I was busy at that time.
(4)情態(tài)動(dòng)詞完成式暗示虛擬語氣。如:
I should have called to make an airline reservation, but I didn’t.
4.常用虛擬形式的句型
(1)從句中動(dòng)詞用過去式或過去完成式表示虛擬的句型:
would rather would as soon as though suppose…
had rather would sooner as if supposing…
If only… It is (high) time that…(從句中動(dòng)詞只用過去式)
如:
His wife would rather they gydjdsj.org.cn didn’t talk about the matter any more.
I’d rather you went by train, because I can’t bear the idea of your being in an airplane in such bad weather.
If I were in a movie, then it would be about time that I buried my head in my hands for a cry.
My father always talks as though he were addressing a public meeting.
(2)If it were not for… (與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反)
If it had not been for… (與過去事實(shí)相反) 相當(dāng)于but for。如:
If it had not been for his help (= but for his help), we would not have succeeded.
(3)If only…謂語動(dòng)詞視情況選用適當(dāng)?shù)男问健H纾?BR>