The Subjunctive MoodJanuary 26th, 2015January 23rd, 2015

Warm Up: Vocabulary

Warm Up: Vocabulary ReviewDate: January 26th, 2015Prompt: Use the next three songs to copy down the words from Lesson 10 in “Vocabulary from Classical Roots.” You must include either the definition and/or a synonym as well.REMEMBER: QUIZ Friday

Agenda

•Learning Target: Today I will learn how to strengthen my writing through the use of the subjunctive mood.• “If I Were President”• Mini-Lesson on the Subjunctive• Practice with the Subjunctive• Subjunctive Summary

“If I Were President”

• Pull out your homework from this weekend which was to create the final draft of your “If I Were President” speech.• Two to three of you will be chosen at

random to share.• All of you have to post these speeches on to

Kid Blog by this Friday.

The Subjunctive Mood

• Let us watch a video to get us introduced to this concept:• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Qe45pgRWyDg

Subjunctive Mood•There are 3 types of verb moods:• indicative mood• imperative mood•subjunctive mood

Uses of Subjunctive

• The subjunctive is used in English to express a command, desire, hypothesis, purpose, doubt, or supposition.• Content clauses expressing commands,

requests, or suggestions commonly use the present 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

• 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

• To express a hypothesis• The past subjunctive is used after the

conjunction if in a contrary-to-fact protasis. 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

• 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.• If I were a butterfly, I would have wings.

Two forms of subjunctive mood

•BE-subjunctive•WERE-subjunctive

Two forms of subjunctive mood

•BE-subjunctive: realized by the base form of a verb•WERE-subjunctive: realized by the

verb “were”(past tense form)

Uses of SubjunctivePresent: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.Future:1. If I should have time tomorrow, I would go to the library.2. If he were to come here this evening, we would invite

him to attend the party.3. If it rained this afternoon, the football match would be

postponed until next Saturday.

BE-subjunctive

1. Decide,decree, suggest, move2. advisable, appropriate, essential, imperative3. 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• If I were in school again, I would work harder.• Were I in school again, I would work harder.

If I were rich, I would build up a large house for poor people.

Were-subjunctive• simple past• if …should• if …were to

Inverted conditional clause• Were…

Were you in my position, you would do the same.• Had…

Had I time, I would come.• Should…

Subjunctive in set phrases

• It is (high, about) time (that)…• I would rather / sooner (that)…• If only…•…as if / as though…• I wish (that)…

Exercises1. He left orders that nothing ____ touched until the police arrived here.A. should be B. ought to beC. must be D. would be

2. I was to have made a speech if ____.A. I was not called awayB. nobody would have called me awayC. I had not been called awayD. nobody called me away

Exercises

3. If you have really been studying English for so long, it’s about time you ____ able to write letters in English.

A. should be B. were C. must be D. are4. Much as ____, I couldn't lend him the money

because I simply didn't have that much spare cash.

A. I would have liked toB. I would like to haveC. I should have to like D. I should have liked to

Exercises

5. If your car ____ any attention during the first 12 month, take it to an authorised dealer.shall need B. should needC. would need D. will need6. ____ enough time and money, the researcher would have been able to discover more in this field.A. Giving B. To give C. GivenD. Being given

Exercises7. All of us would have enjoyed the party much more if there _ quite such a crowd of people there.A. weren't B. hasn’t beenC. hadn’t been D. wouldn't be8. ____ for the fact that she broke her leg, she might have passed the exam.A. Had it not been B. Hadn’t it beenC. Was it not D. Were it not

More Practice!

•Complete the handout for practice.

•BE PREPARED to SHOW WHAT YOU LEARNED TOMORROW!

Closing

• Subjunctive Summary:• Summarize what you learned in class today

using the subjunctive mood.

Homework

• Read for 30 minutes.• Input your "If I Were President" speech onto

KidBlog.• Respond to at least 2 other classmate's "Dear Dr.

King" post. Try to respond where no previous responses were made.