Verb Mood Shifts

What type of shift in verb mood is this - You could eat ice cream, but why couldn't you jog around the playground?

• Inappropriate

• Appropriate

The referee closely watches the players as they ______ around the field.

• will move

• move

• moved

What mood is the following sentence? With a sigh, Jackson snapped his Chromebook closed.

• Indicative

• Subjunctive

• Conditional

• Imperative

• Interrogative

What mood is the following sentence?

I wish I could go to McDonalds for lunch.

• Indicative

• Subjunctive

• Conditional

• Imperative

• Interrogative

What mood is the following sentence?

Take your hat off in the building.

• Indicative

• Subjunctive

• Conditional

• Imperative

• Interrogative

Which sentence contains a SHIFT in mood?

• Go to the store and get milk, and then bring me the change.

• Go to the store and get milk, and then can you bring me the change?

When called upon to speak in class, Alice always blushes and _____ at her desk.

• will stare

• stared

• stares

What mood is the following sentence?

If we win our game tonight, we will go to the playoffs.

• Indicative

• Subjunctive

• Conditional

• Imperative

• Interrogative

Which sentence is an example of the subjunctive mood?

• You went to the mall to get an outfit for the interview.

• If you had gone to the mall, you would have an outfit for the interview.

• Go to the mall to get an outfit for your interview.

• You considered going to the mall to get an outfit for the interview.

Which sentence is an example of the imperative mood?

• If I were a journalist, I would attend the World Press Freedom Day event.

• World Press Freedom Day was established to honor journalists.

• Journalists wish World Press Freedom Day were more widely celebrated.

• Tell me about World Press Freedom Day.