Sometimes we use past tenses to refer to the present or future. Sometimes past tenses are used to make a request or offer sound more polite.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form.
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- I wish I was / were young again.
- I wouldn’t accept the job unless the salary was good.
- If I had known, I would have lent him some money.
- If I had been running the bank, I would have written off your loan.
- Supposing you won a lottery, what would you spend it on?
- If I found a wallet while walking down the street, I wouldn’t take it.
- Supposing you became a millionaire, how would your life change?
- She acts as if she was the boss.
- He looks as if he saw a ghost.
- ‘She acts as if she is really rich.’ ‘Indeed, she is.’
- I was wondering whether you would be able to lend me some money.
- It is high time I bought a bigger car.