25. The pluperfect subjunctive

Question 1

I wasn’t sure that they had heard me.

Answer 1

(Yo) no estaba seguro de que ellos me hubieran oído.

Question 2

John hoped that the students had studied the lesson.

Answer 2

John esperaba que los estudiantes huberian estudiado la lección.

Question 3

It was a pity that the plumber hadn’t fixed the drain.

Answer 3

Fue una lástima que el fontanero no hubiera arreglado el desagüe.

Question 4

We wrote them a letter in case they hadn’t understood us.

Answer 4

Les escribimos una carta en caso de que ellos no nos hubieran entendido.

Question 5

Was it possible that they [m.] had never heard of Leo Tolstoy?

Answer 5

Fue posible que ellos nunca hubieran oído de Leo Tolstoy.

Question 6

They were acting as if they had never met before.

Answer 6

Actuaban como si nunca se huberian conocido antes.

Question 7

He didn’t believe that I had said such a thing.

Answer 7

Él no creyó que yo hubiera dicho tal cosa.

Question 8

It was unlikely that she had paid for the car in cash.

Answer 8

Fue improbable que ella hubiera pagado el carro al contado.

Question 9

There wasn’t anyone at the party who had traveled around the world.

Answer 9

No había nadie en la fiesta que hubiera viajado aldredor del mundo.

Question 10

I never believed that she had been Miss America.

Answer 10

Yo no creía nunca que ella hubiera sido Miss América.

Question 11

He refused to speak until we had locked the doors.

Answer 11

Él se negó a hablar hasta que hubiéramos cerrado las puertas.

Question 12

I sent him a telegram in case he hadn’t yet heard the good news.

Answer 12

Le envié un telegrama en caso de que él todavía no hubiera oído las buenas noticias.

Question 13

It was tragic that the gardener- not the butler- had done it.

Answer 13

Fue trágico que el jardinero- no el criado- lo hubiera hecho.

Question 14

She always doubted that he had been honest with her.

Answer 14

Ella siempre dudaba que él hubiera sido honrado con ella.

Question 15

There wasn’t anyone in the house who had gotten up before ten thirty.

Answer 15

No había nadie en la casa que se hubiera levantado antes de las diez y media.

Question 16

If I had read this book earlier, I wouldn’t have made so many mistakes in my life.

Answer 16

Si (yo) hubiera leído este libro antes, no habría hecho [OR cometido] tantos errores en mi vida.

Question 17

If Barbara had known the truth about Ken, would she have married him?

Answer 17

¿Si Barbara hubiera sabido la verdad acerca de Ken, se habría casado con él?

Question 18

If you had warned us of the earthquakes, we wouldn’t have built our house in this area.

Answer 18

Si nos hubieras advertido de los terremotos, no habríamos construido nuestra casa en este área.

Question 19

It would have been nice if you had included a photo with this article.

Answer 19

Habría sido bueno si hubieras incluido una foto con este artículo.

Question 20

I don’t know where I’d be if I hadn’t met you.

Answer 20

No sé dónde estaría si no te hubiera conocido.

Question 21

If there had been one ounce of truth in your speech, somebody would have believed you.

Answer 21

Si hubiera habido una onza de verdad en tu discurso, alguien te habría creído.

Question 22

If you had been born two days earlier, we would have had the same birthday.

Answer 22

Si hubieras nacido dos días antes, habríamos tenido el mismo cumpleaños.

Question 23

If there hadn’t been a snowstorm yesterday, there would have been one today.

Answer 23

Si no hubiera habido una nevada ayer, habría habido una hoy.

Question 24

If we had known that you were in trouble, we would have offered you help.

Answer 24

Si hubiéramos sabido que tenías dificultades, te habríamos ofrecido ayuda.

Question 25

If you hadn’t given me these mittens, I think that I would have frozen to death.

Answer 25

Si no me hubieras dada estas manaplas, creo que habría muerto de frío.

Question 26

If you hadn’t put another stamp on that letter, the post office wouldn’t have accepted it.

Answer 26

Si no hubieras puesto otro sello en esa carta, la oficina de correos no la habría aceptado.

Question 27

If anyone had told me that, I wouldn’t have believed it.

Answer 27

Si alguien me hubiera dicho eso, yo no lo habría creído.

Question 28

If you hadn’t given your goldfish so much food, it wouldn’t have died.

Answer 28

Si no hubieras dado a tu carpa dorada tanta comida, no se habría muerto.

Question 29

How would they have felt if you hadn’t received an invitation?

Answer 29

¿Cómo se habrían sentido si no hubieras recibido una invitación?

Question 30

I wish that he had studied more in high school.

Answer 30

Quisiera que él hubiera estudiado más en la escuela secundaria.

Question 31

Do you wish that he had kept his word?

Answer 31

¿Quisieras que él hubiera cumplido su palabra?

Question 32

He wishes that he hadn’t eaten so much.

Answer 32

¿Él quisiera que no hubiera comido tanto.

Question 33

We wish that you had told us that this would be a formal party.

Answer 33

Quisiéramos que nos hubieras dicho que esto sería una fiesta formal.

Question 34

I wish that we hadn’t eaten lunch here.

Answer 34

Quisiera que no hubiéramos almorzado aquí.

Question 35

He wishes that he had saved more money.

Answer 35

Él quisiera que hubiera ahorrado más dinero.

Question 36

I wish that I’d tried on these pants before buying them.

Answer 36

Quisiera que hubiera probado estos pantalones antes de comprarlos.

Question 37

I wish that you hadn’t fried these sausages in lard.

Answer 37

Quisiera que no hubieras frito estas salchichas en manteca.

Question 38

Do you all wish that there had been more variety in the program.

Answer 38

¿Quisierais que hubiera habido más variedad en el programa.

Question 39

I wish that it hadn’t rained on my parade.

Answer 39

Quisiera que no hubiera llovido en mi desfile.

Question 40

Do you sometimes wish that you’d been born in another century?

Answer 40

¿A veces quisieras que hubieras nacido en otro siglo.

Question 41

I wish that I had turned off the lights three hours ago.

Answer 41

Quisiera que hubiera apagado las luces hace tres horas.

Question 42

We wish that they had told us about the cockroaches in this hotel.

Answer 42

Quisiéramos que nos hubieran dicho algo acerca de las cucarachas en este hotel.

Question 43

I wish that you hadn’t put so much cinnamon in this tea.

Answer 43

Quisiera que no hubieras puesto tanta canela en este té.

Question 44

I wish that it hadn’t been so cold.

Answer 44

Quisiera que no hubiera hecho tanto frío.

Question 45

If you had called me ten minutes earlier, I wouldn’t have been home.

Answer 45

Si me hubieras llamado diez minutos antes, no habría estado en casa.

Question 46

If you had called me ten minutes earlier, I wouldn’t have been home.

Answer 46

Si me hubieras llamado diez minutos antes, no habría estado en casa.

Question 47

If you had called me ten minutes earlier, I wouldn’t have been home.

Answer 47

Si me hubieras llamado diez minutos antes, no habría estado en casa.