Verb Moods

Verb Moods

Poll

How do you feel right now?

Learning Goals

• Understand the uses of indicative, imperative, and interrogative moods.

• Practice the use of subjunctive mood.

Vocabulary

• indicative mood

• conditional

• imperative mood

• purpose

• subjunctive mood

• interrogative mood

Poll

How much do you know about Verbs and their moods?

How do you use verb moods for different purposes?

• describe the different types of ideas that verbs can express

• refer to the verb forms indicating the manner in which the action is thought or expressed

Moods can:

• describe real things that have happened or are happening.

• ask questions.

• give commands.

• talk about things that could happen or that the speaker wishes would happen

Indicative Mood

Indicative Mood

• is common and used to express facts and opinions

• describes statements about real things that have happened or happening

• statements or sentences you make or read are usually in indicative mood

• to indicate means to show ore reveal

Examples:

• I ran the marathon last week.

• Jerry works at a museum.

• He is an honest man.

• Penguins cannot fly.

• (Not an Indicative) I wish that I had run the marathon last week.

Imperative Mood

Imperative Mood

• gives orders or requests that someone do something.

• expresses direct commands, advice or requests which "you" is the subject.

• Imperative means important or urgent.

Examples:

• Wash the dishes before you leave.

• Do your work.

• Keep reading.

• Please answer the phone.

• (Not Imperative) I washed the dishes before I went out.

Interrogative Mood

Interrogative Mood

• asks questions.

• question form of indicative mood

• To interrogate means to ask.

Examples:

• Did you feed the cat?

• Where does Jerry work?

• (Not Interrogative) Feed the cat right now.

The Conditional

The Conditional

• describes a situation in which one event is dependent on another event occurring

• something that depends on something else

• marked by the words "might," "could," and "would"

• Conditional statements are often expressed as "if" or "then."

• indicating a conditional state that will cause something to happen

Examples:

• If I get an A on my final exam, then I will get an A in the class.

• If she studied for tests, she would get better grades.

• If she had known the answer, she would have told us.

• (Not Conditional) I got an A on the final exam, and then I got an A in the class.

Subjunctive Mood

Subjunctive Mood

• expresses ideas that are not true or not certain to happen

• can express: conditional events, wishes, demands, hypothetical situations that could possibly happen

Examples: (Expresses wish or regret)

• I wish I were older.

• I wish that he were wiser.

• I wish that my cousins were able to get along.

• (Non-subjunctive) I want my cousins to get along, but they do not.

Examples: (Expresses a condition contrary to fact)

• If today were Sunday, I would go home.

• If I had the power to teleport, then I would be in Boston already.

• (Non-subjunctive) An airplane would get me to Boston faster than a car.