Complete the following sentences using the Subjunctive Mood, perfect form.

1. It's a pity you didn't come. You ... (to enjoy the party). 2. You shouldn't have let her go so early. She ... (to meet so many interesting people). 3. You should have warned us that the discussion would be postponed. We ... (to change one's plans). 4. It's a pity I didn't know the book was on sale. I ... (to buy it). 5. They didn't know it was so difficult to get the tickets, or they ... (to take care of them earlier). 6. It's a pity we didn't know you were there in July, too. We ... (can spend the time together). 7. Why didn't you tell me that you also wanted to go with us? We ... (to take you with us, of course). 8. I didn't know it would take us two full days to get there. We ... (to go by plane). We ... (to save a lot of time).

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1. It's a pity you didn't come. You would have enjoyed the party.
Explanation: The subjunctive mood is used to talk about hypothetical or unreal situations. In this case, we are expressing a regret about the past event of not coming to the party. To form the subjunctive mood, we use the past perfect form of the verb "to enjoy," which is "have enjoyed."

2. You shouldn't have let her go so early. She would have met so many interesting people.
Explanation: Here, we are expressing criticism about the past action of letting her go early. To form the subjunctive mood, we use the past perfect form of the verb "to meet," which is "have met."

3. You should have warned us that the discussion would be postponed. We would have changed our plans.
Explanation: This sentence is about expressing a regret about not being informed about the postponement of the discussion. To form the subjunctive mood, we use the past perfect form of the verb "to change one's plans," which is "have changed."

4. It's a pity I didn't know the book was on sale. I would have bought it.
Explanation: We express regret about not knowing that the book was on sale. To form the subjunctive mood, we use the past perfect form of the verb "to buy," which is "have bought."

5. They didn't know it was so difficult to get the tickets, or they would have taken care of them earlier.
Explanation: We are talking about a hypothetical situation where they didn't know it was difficult to get the tickets. To form the subjunctive mood, we use the past perfect form of the verb "to take care of," which is "would have taken care of."

6. It's a pity we didn't know you were there in July, too. We could have spent the time together.
Explanation: We express regret about not knowing that the person was there in July. To form the subjunctive mood, we use the past perfect form of the verb "can spend," which is "could have spent."

7. Why didn't you tell me that you also wanted to go with us? We would have taken you with us, of course.
Explanation: We express surprise and ask a question about not being informed about the desire to go together. To form the subjunctive mood, we use the past perfect form of the verb "to take," which is "would have taken."

8. I didn't know it would take us two full days to get there. We should have gone by plane. We would have saved a lot of time.
Explanation: We express regret about not knowing the duration of the journey. To form the subjunctive mood, we use the past perfect forms of the verbs "to go" and "to save," which are "should have gone" and "would have saved" respectively.