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Moods in English
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What are grammaticalmoods? Mood is the use of form to indicate
semantic and grammatical differencesin the manner of the action of a verb.
Three moods are used in English: Indicative
Imperative
Subjunctive
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Indicative
Indicative mood is used to state a factor ask a question:
What is the moon made of?
This is a small town. They go to school.
I am going to visit you next week.
She had forgotten to ask about it. Indicatives are real, they happened or
will happen
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Imperative
Imperative mood is used to make acommand or request:
Come here.
Ask him about that. Sit down.
When not intended strictly, we usually
use please in imperatives: Pass me the salt, please.
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Lets go imperative
The imperative in the first and thirdperson both singular and plural areformed with let:
Let me speak. Let him finish the sentence.
Let us go.
Negative imperatives: Dont let him stop here.
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Other uses of the imperative
Do tell me all you know.
Do be quiet now.
You sit here.
You behave yourself.
Up you come!
Out you go!
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Polite requests
Will you, would you, can you couldyou
Will you do it for me?
Would you helf me? Can you call a taxi?
Could you open the window?
Would you mind
Would you mind if I smoked?
Would you mind my opening the window?
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Subjunctive
Subjunctive mood is used to expressdoubt, wishing, belief, or improbability: If the moon were made of blue cheese, it
would smell.
The subjunctive mood is indicatedthrough a shift in tense when thedependent clause follows a wishstatement, or is an improbable if clause
Probable if clause: If I buy a watch I will knowthe time. Improbable: If I won the lottery, I would not
care about the time.
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Sentences that express urging,demand, or necessity also require thesubjunctive mood. Verbs other than
the verb 'to be' in the dependentclause use the present tense form ofthe verb, without adding the 's' for the
third person singular: I demand that she apologize to the
student.
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Such sentences that require the verb'to be' in the dependent clause use theform 'be' in all three persons:
I insist that I be promoted. I had insisted that you be hired
immediately.
They insisted that she be nominated forPresident.
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Contrasted
Indicative Subjunctive
I am I be
you are you be
he is he be
she is she be
it is it be
we are we be
they are they be
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Exercises
Fill in the blanks with the Simple PresentSubjunctive of the verbs shown inbrackets.
1. He suggested that I _________ ready byeight o'clock. (to be)
2. We request that she _________ thewindow. (to open)
3. They demanded that he _________ theroom. (to leave)
4. I will ask that she _____________ me. (toaccompany)
5. They recommended that he _________ toBermuda. (to fly)
be
open
leave
accompany
fly
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Complete each of the following sentenceswith the Simple Past Subjunctive of the verbshown in brackets.
1. I wish it _________ possible to finish the
work tonight. (to be) 2. Will he wish he ______ ready? (to be)
3. She wished she _________ how to sing.(to know)
4. We wish they ____________ to come withus. (to want)
5. You wished you ___________ better. (tofeel)
were
were
knew
wanted
felt
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I wish he ___________ here now. (to be)
2. I wish that you _____________ hereyesterday. (to be)
3. We wish you ________________tomorrow. (to come)
4. They wished he _________________with them the next day. (to come)
5. We wish you ________________
yesterday. (to arrive) 6. I wish that he ______________ us
next year. (to visit)
were
Had been
Would come
Would come
Had arrived
Would visit