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课件网) Subjunctive mood Uses of Subjunctive Forms of subjunctive mood Modal Auxiliary Verbs Inverted conditional clause Exercises Contents First thing is… How can a verb have a “mood”? According to Troyka and Hesse, “Mood in verbs conveys an attitude toward the action in a sentence.” In English, there are three moods: Indicative, Imperative, and Subjunctive. Uses of Subjunctive Uses of Subjunctive The subjunctive is used in English to express a command, desire, hypothesis, purpose, doubt, or supposition. The Subjunctive Mood is being used less and less in every day dialogue, but still must be known for academic writing. Content clauses expressing commands, requests, or suggestions commonly use the present subjunctive. Uses of Subjunctive Uses of Subjunctive such a clause may be introduced by a verb like : propose, suggest, recommend, move (in the parliamentary sense), demand, or mandate, by an adjective like imperative, important, adamant, or necessary, or by a noun like insistence or proposal. Uses of Subjunctive Present: 1. If I were tired, I would have a rest. Past: 1. If he had set out earlier, he would have caught the early bus. Uses of Subjunctive Future: If I should have time tomorrow, I would go to the library. If he were to come here this evening, we would invite him to attend the party. If it rained this afternoon, the football match would be postponed until next Saturday. To express a wish The past subjunctive is used after the verb to wish: I wish he were here or I wished he were there. This use of the subjunctive is sometimes known as the "volitional" subjunctive. Uses of Subjunctive For example: If I were a millionaire, I would buy a sports car. If he had a car with him, he could drive us there. Uses of Subjunctive Uses of Subjunctive To express a hypothesis The past subjunctive is used after the conjunction if in a contrary-to-fact protasis. Uses of Subjunctive By far the most common use of the subjunctive is the use of the subjunctive after "if" clauses that state or describe a hypothetical situation. Forms of subjunctive mood Subjunctive in set phrases It is (high, about) time (that)… I would rather / sooner (that)… If only… …as if / as though… I wish (that)… 01 BE-subjunctive 02 WERE-subjunctive Two forms of subjunctive mood subjunctive mood BE-subjunctive: realized by the base form of a verb WERE-subjunctive: realized by the verb “were”(past tense form) BE-subjunctive 1. Decide, decree, suggest, move 2. advisable, appropriate, essential, imperative 3. decision, decree, instruction, requirement BE-subjunctive It is imperative that the new law be implemented. If the rumor be true, everything is possible. If the rumor were true, everything would be possible. If the rumor should be true, everything is possible Were-subjunctive simple past if …should if …were to Were-subjunctive If I were in school again, I would wok harder. Were I in school again, I would work ... ...
