Закончите предложения, используя в придаточном предложении после союзов as if/as though Past Subjunctive или Perfect Subjunctive:
1) The young man spoke in a loud voice, as if (as though) he … (to speak to a big audience, to want to prove something, to be proud to declare his views).
2) The girl shivered, as if (as though) she … (to get wet through, not to feel well).
3) He looks as if (as though) he … (still to be unable to get over the news, to do something wrong, to be disappointed in something).
4) She speaks of the event as if (as though) she … (to see it herself, to be quite indifferent to it, to find it very boring).
5) She looked pale as if (as though) she … (to be going to faint, not to recover completely).
6) She shook her head slowly as if (as though) … (to hesitate whether to accept the offer, to make up one’s mind to deny everything, still not to be obvious).

Possible completions:

1) The young man spoke in a loud voice, as if he were speaking to a big audience. / as if he wanted to prove something. / as if he were proud to declare his views.

2) The girl shivered, as if she had got wet through. / as if she did not feel well.

3) He looks as if he were still unable to get over the news. / as if he had done something wrong. / as if he were disappointed in something.

4) She speaks of the event as if she had seen it herself. / as if she were quite indifferent to it. / as if she found it very boring.

5) She looked pale as if she were going to faint. / as if she had not recovered completely.

6) She shook her head slowly as if she hesitated whether to accept the offer. / as if she had made up her mind to deny everything. / as if it were still not obvious.

Use the Past Subjunctive when the action is simultaneous with the main verb, and the Perfect Subjunctive when the action happened earlier.

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