在各种考试中,往往将虚拟语气与名词性从句、动词时态、情态动词、动词不定式等其它知识点综合在一起考查,因此学生们觉得虚拟语气难以掌握。笔者通过以下几组题目,对与虚拟语气相关联的知识作一简要说明,并试图探求虚拟语气的一些命题规律。一、巧设语境,构成错综时间条件句或事实与虚拟假设的混合句。1.错综时间条件句。例如:(1)If you hadn twatched that m ovie last night,you wouldn tbe sosleepy now.(2)M any dead would now be alive ifthey had notattem pted to returnfor som ething.(3)H ad Paulreceived six m ore votes in the last election,he wouldbe our chairm an now.说明:解这类题目要注意从句中的提示语——时间状语或上下文的语境。如例2。2.事实与虚拟假设的混合句。例如:(1)I would have gone to visit him in the hospital,but I was ...