Ex. 10. Fill in the blanks using the corresponding mood form.
1. She spoke as loudly as if I (was, were) deaf. 2. She said something so softly addressing nobody as if she (was, were) afraid that somebody would hear her. 3. She acted at the stage as calmly as if she (acted, had acted) before. 4. She is cross with me as if I (did her some harm, had done her some harm). 5. He looked at me so strangely as though I (didn't see, had not seen) him many times before. 6. She looked at him so triumphantly as if she (did, had done). something very important. 7. She was crying so bitterly and such large tears were rolling down her cheeks as though somebody (offended, had offended) her.

Ex. 11. Answer the following questions using the corresponding mood forms in adverbial clauses of comparison.
1. What did you feel coming to Moscow after two years' absence? 2. In what manner was Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence when he saw his friends watching him? 3. What did you feel when you learnt that you had passed your entrance examinations successfully? 4. How did you enter the classroom for the first time as a teacher? 5. What did you feel when you read your first English book in the original? 6. What does a student feel before an examination? 7. In what manner does one behave when one comes to the skating-rink for the first time?