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Subjunctive / It's time / as if

Lesson 62 of 84

B2

Subjunctive = hukum / kalpana ki verb form. It's time + past = abhi late: It's time we left. as if + past = jaisa ki (unreal): He talks as if he knew. Formal: suggest that he sit / should sit. Wish = 57. If I were you = 40. suggest + -ing = 44.

1. Kya hai

Subjunctive = verb ka hukum / kalpana shape. Aksar base (sit, be) ya past form (left, knew, were) — lekin time past nahi.

Form Example Matlab
It's time + past It's time we left. abhi nikalna chahiye
as if + past He talks as if he owned the shop. unreal, uska shop nahi
that + (should) + base suggested that he sit / should sit formal advice / demand

2. It's time / high time

Form Example
It's time to + verb It's time to make chai. (no new subject)
It's time + subject + past It's time we left for the station.
It's high time + past It's high time you told Amma. (late already)

left / went / told yahan past story nahi — "ab karo". It's time we leave / will leave exam me galat. I'd rather you didn't = 57, similar past, alag matlab.

3. as if / as though + that + base

If the picture is… Form Example
possible / dikhta sach as if + present She looks as if she is tired.
unreal now as if + past / were He talks as if he knew the CM. Amma treats me as though I were a child.
unreal past as if + had + V3 She looked as if she had missed the train.

as though = as if. Exam me were yahi (40 / 57 same).

Verb that-clause Pehle padha (44)
suggest / recommend that he sit / should sit suggested taking an auto
insist / demand that we be home by 9 —
recommend / demand (passive) that the hall be painted —

British: should + base bahut common. Formal exam: sirf base (sit, be, leave) — sits / is / leaves nahi. suggested him to go galat. Wish = 57, yahan mat dohrao.

4. Examples

Bold = is page ki form.

  1. It's time to make chai.
  2. It's time we left for the station.
  3. It's high time you filled in the form.
  4. It's high time you told Amma.
  5. She looks as if she is tired. (possible)
  6. He talks as if he owned the shop.
  7. He talks as if he knew everything about cricket.
  8. Amma treats me as though I were a child.
  9. She looked as if she had missed the train.
  10. The teacher suggested that Ravi sit at the front.
  11. The teacher suggested that Ravi should sit at the front.
  12. He suggested taking an auto. (44)
  13. Papa insisted that we be home by 9.
  14. They recommended that the hall be painted.
  15. They demanded that he leave at once.

5. Common mistakes

It's time we leave. / It's time we will leave.
It's time we left. / It's time to leave.
It's high time you go to bed. / you have gone.
It's high time you went to bed.
He talks as if he owns the shop. (unreal, exam)
He talks as if he owned the shop. / as if he were the owner.
She treats me as if I am a child. (unreal)
She treats me as if I were a child.
She suggested him to sit. / suggested that he sits.
suggested that he sit / should sit / suggested sitting (44)
Papa insisted that we are home by 9. / to be home.
Papa insisted that we be home by 9. / that we should be home.
I wish it's time we left. (57 aur 62 dono ek saath mat lagao)
I wish we could leave. (57) It's time we left. (62)
If I were you. (as 62 naya topic)
If I were you = 40. as if I were / It's time we were off = 62.
Hindi note. It's time we left = abhi nikalna hai, kal ki kahani nahi. as if = jaisa ki; agar jhuth/unreal hai to past / were. Formal hukum: that + sit / be (ya British should sit). suggest + -ing = 44, rozana; suggest that = 62.

6. Practice

A. 10 MCQ

1. It's time we ______ for the station.
2. It's high time you ______ Amma.
3. He talks as if he ______ the shop. (unreal)
4. She looked as if she ______ the train.
5. The teacher suggested that he ______ at the front.
6. Papa insisted that we ______ home by 9.
7. It's time ______ chai. (no new subject)
8. Amma treats me as though I ______ a child.
9. They recommended that the hall ______ painted.
10. They demanded that he ______ at once.

B. 5 fill-in

1. It's time we ______ for the station.

2. He talks as if he ______ the shop. (unreal)

3. The teacher suggested that he ______ at the front. (base / should + base)

4. Papa insisted that we ______ home by 9.

5. Sahi karo: It's time we leave.

C. 3 sentences

Model answers neeche. Ek It's time, ek as if, ek that + base.

  1. It's time: It's time we left for the station.
  2. as if: He talks as if he knew everything.
  3. that: The teacher suggested that Ravi sit at the front.

7. Answer key

MCQ
  1. a) left — It's time + past, matlab abhi. leave / will leave galat.
  2. b) told — high time + past. tell = present. have told = perfect, nahi.
  3. b) owned — unreal as if + past. owns = possible/real. own = base.
  4. a) had missed — unreal past. misses / is missing = now.
  5. b) sit — that + base. sits = present. sitting = 44 -ing naam, that ke baad nahi.
  6. a) be — insist that + be. are = present. to be = to + verb, yahan nahi.
  7. a) to make — It's time to + verb. we make = present, 62 past chahiye. making = -ing naam (44).
  8. c) were — as though unreal, exam me were. am = real. was informal.
  9. b) be — that the hall be painted. is / being galat.
  10. b) leave — demand that + base. leaves = present. left = It's time shape, yahan nahi.
Fill-in
  1. left — It's time + past.
  2. owned — as if unreal.
  3. sit / should sit — that + base. British should OK.
  4. be / should be — insist that.
  5. It's time we left. / It's time to leave.
Model sentences
  1. It's time we left for the station.
  2. He talks as if he knew everything.
  3. The teacher suggested that Ravi sit at the front.

Check: It's time + past = abhi late; It's time to + verb; high time; as if present = possible, past / were = jaisa ki unreal, had + V3 = past unreal; that + (should) + base; be all persons; suggest + -ing = 44; wish = 57; If I were you = 40; were inversion = 58.