LAT MCQs

A person's name used in direct address is set off by commas.
The punctuation separates the addressee from the sentence grammar.

'It's' is the contraction of 'it is.'
The apostrophe marks the omitted letter.

An indirect question is grammatically a statement and normally ends with a period.
It does not use direct-question word order or a question mark.

After 'It is time,' English often uses a past form for a present or immediate action.
'Went' expresses that the action is overdue.

The third conditional refers to an unreal past condition and result.
The result uses 'would have' plus a past participle.

The past decision has an unreal present consequence.
A past perfect condition combines with a present conditional result.

'Unless' means 'if not' and introduces a real future condition.
The main clause therefore uses 'will miss.'

A wish about an unreal present situation traditionally uses the past subjunctive 'were.'
This form is used with all persons in formal English.

A regret about the past uses 'wish' plus the past perfect.
'Had known' shows the unreal earlier situation.

'Wish + would' can express annoyance about another person's repeated behavior.
The desired change concerns the future.

After expressions of necessity, formal English may use the mandative subjunctive.
The base form 'submit' is used regardless of the subject.

Verbs of recommendation can introduce the mandative subjunctive.
The subordinate verb remains in the base form.