Exercise 1(Subject clauses). It's strange that she won't come here, if she is back (Dreiser). 2. It was such a pity that he should be taken from a regiment (Austen) 3 It was odd that they should have sat opposite to his wife in the train (Murdock) 4 A few words on a sheet of paper .. was it possible that such things could shake a life? (Snow). 5. Isn't it wonderful they should want to give them (presents) to you? (Cronin). 6. It is inconceivable that he should have lived on and never come across me (Bennett). 7 And it had seemed possible to Hugh that the bad patch was now over and that his son might settle down again with his wife and child (Murdock) 8 It was proposed that they should have races (Maugham) 9 And in order to achieve that end it was essential that she find some excuse, however trivial, for breaking off the engagement (Woda-house). 10. It was high time I went home (Greenwood). 11. Moreover it is as important that trade should be according to principles of mutual interest and full respect for natural sovereignity (Parker). 12. In his eagerness for her it seemed unfair to him that he should be deserted by her so early (Dreiser). 13. It seems almost incredible that Constance should have gone so far (Bennett). 14. It was arranged that Constance should have a room (Maugham). 15. It is very improbable that they should meet at all unless he really comes to see her (Austen).
Exercise 2(Predicative clauses). Work is what keeps life going (Heym). 2. But the fact is that the Indian Ocean and everything that it has has lost its charm for me (Cronin). 3. She sounded as if she had completely forgotten their last conversation (Wilson). 4. One of her first thoughts that came to her now was where her husband was (Dreiser) 5. And the question was how was the matter to be kept quiet until after election which was still three weeks away (Dreiser). 6. He felt as if he were not wholly useless—indeed, in such a stress of weather, quite worthwhile about the house (Dreiser). 7 Her nose, defiant of time, looked as though it had been moulded by a sculptor (Mazo de la Roche). 8 She seemed as if she could not understand why Laura was there (Mansfield). 9. My only terror was lest my father should follow me (Eliot) 10. "I understand all that," he broke in. "But what I want to know is whether or not you have lost faith in one" (London) 11. I said I'd knock his block off next time I met him. Probably that is why he welshed on you today (Cronin). 12. The fact is, the old lady believed Rebecca to be the meekest creature in the world (Thackeray). 13. The problem is who will do it (Daily Worker) 14. All he wanted to know was if he wrote letters to his wife (Mitchell) 15. It was as though each saw himself in a distorting mirror, while the voices might have been one voice with its echo (Sayers). 16. He looked just as he had looked ten years before (Snow). 17. What I want to know is when you're going to get married (London). 18. "And why couldn't he have a voice too?" asked Freddy Malins sharply "Is it because he's only a black?" (Joyce).