- What are examples of subjunctive moods?
- What are the 4 forms of subjunctive mood?
- What are the rules of subjunctive mood?
What are examples of subjunctive moods?
The subjunctive mood is a form of a verb used to express statements that are imagined or contrary to the fact (If I were a millionaire, I would buy my parents a house). It's also used to convey a wish or request (I wish that my best friend were still living in the same city as me).
What are the 4 forms of subjunctive mood?
The 4 subjunctive tenses that we will cover are the present subjunctive, the imperfect (past) subjunctive, the present perfect subjunctive, and the pluperfect subjunctive.
What are the rules of subjunctive mood?
The subjunctive mood expresses wishes, suggestions, demands, or desires in a sentence with usually two clauses, with a verb such as wish (or suggest, demand, etc.) in one clause and a second verb in the subjunctive mood. In the sentence 'I wish I were the president' the verb 'were' is in the subjunctive mood.