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18.9.4 Exercise 4: Sequence of tenses with subjonctif

Choose the correct option. Even though the literary style is mentioned, the spoken French style is regarded as the correct one.

Exercise 4
time before the involvement
	He is afraid that she did not arrive on time.
	Il craint, qu' elle ne soit arrivée fût soit arrivé à l' heure.
same time as the involvement
	He is afraid that she does not arrive on time.
	Il craint, qu' elle ne vient venait vînt vienne à l' heure.
same time as the involvement
	We demand that you pay now.
	Nous exigeons, que vous payent ont payé payez maintenant.
time after the involvement
	I would have prefered that you would tell me the truth.
	J' aurais préfèré, qu' il me dit ait dit dît dise la vérité.
time before the involvement
	I would have wished that he bought something else.
	J' aurais souhaité, qu' il a acheté eût acheté ait acheté autre chose.
same time as the involvement
	I would have wished that he buys something else.
	J' aurais souhaité, qu' il ait acheté achète autre chose.
time before the involvement
	I wished that he would have come earllier.
	Je souhaite, qu' il est arrivé fût arrivé soit arrivé plutôt.
same time as the involvement
	I want that he does it now.
	Je veux, qu' il le fait fasse maintenant.
time before the involvement
	I want that he does it, before I come.
	Je veux, qu' il l' eût fait ait fait avant que je vienne.
time after the involvement
	I want that he will do it, after I have come.
	Je veux, qu' il le fait fasse après que je sois venu.

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