Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense

1 He talked about Denmark as though he … had been. .. (be) there but we know he never has.

2 She looks as if she …………………….(be) really ill.

3 It looks as though it ………………………..(rain).

4 She behaves as if she ……………………(be) in trouble.

5 The weather here is so bad, it looks as though we …………….

(have to) holiday abroad.

6 It smells as if you …………….(put) lots of herbs in the stew.

7 Maeve looked as though she ………….(have) little sleep the
night before, but she had gone to bed quite early.

8 When he speaks, it sounds as if English…………… (not be) his first language.

9 She spoke about university as though she ………………..
(spend) years there but in fact she’d only spent a month there.

10 I spoke to Simon last night and he sounded as though he
……………. (be) really upset about something.

11 She sounded as if she ………………….(be) French.

12 This sauce tastes as if you ……………(put) too much pepper in it.

13 My sister isn’t rich but she spends money as though she …………………….. (have) loads of it.

14 She acts as though she ………………..(be) very confident, but in fact she’s quite shy.

15 She treats me as though I …………………(be) her child.

16 He talks about karate as if he ………………(have) a black belt but we know he’s only just started lessons.

17 Little Tommy was trembling as though he ………… .. (see) a ghost.

18 She behaved as if nothing ……………………. (happen).

19 When Moira broke off their relationship, John behaved as if the world …………………………… (end).

20 That woman looks as though she ……………………… (faint). Bring her some water .