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ESL Classroom Games Billionaire conditional sentences, first, zero, second and third conditionals

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In English, the subjunctive moodis used to explore conditional or imaginary situations. It can be tricky to use, which partially explains why many speakers and writers forgo it. But it's quite useful (and aesthetically pleasing, at least to us), and careful users of English should do their part to preserve it.

Uses of the subjunctive mood

The subjunctive mood is used to explore conditions that are contrary to fact:

It's used to explore hypotheticals:

It's used to express wishes:

It's used to express commands or demands:

It's used to express suggestions:

It's used to make statements of necessity:

Subjunctive mood and verb tense

Since statements in the subjunctive mood exist outside time, tense applies differently. In the last four subjunctive mood examples above, the tenses of the indicative verbs ( wish, demanded, suggest, is) could change, and the subjunctive verb indicating the imagined action ( were, leave, implement, be) would not change-for example:

I wished I were there to have a drink with you and dish.

She will demand that he leave the hospital premises.

I suggested that he implement a budget cut in March.

It will be essential that they be heard.

With subjunctive if constructions, things get trickier. In these statements, there is no concrete action, so there is no real tense. However, we still categorize them in terms of when the imagined action would take place. For instance, the first of the above subjunctive mood examples is in the present subjunctive. The future subjunctive would look like this:

If I were to become President in 20 years, I wouldn't put up with it.

Of course, this begins to stretch the subjunctive mood beyond necessity, which is why the future subjunctive is rarely used. In this case, it would be much easier to use the indicative mood:

If I become President in 20 years, I won't put up with it.

In the past subjunctive mood, the verb tense of the imagined action does change-for example:

If I had been President, I wouldn't have put up with it.

If you're confused by the subjunctive mood, don't worry too much. As with all grammar and usage matters, the rules for subjunctive mood are based on centuries of convention. There's no deeper reason; it just is what it is. But the subjunctive mood is useful, and it would be a shame if it were to go away.

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Subjunctive Mood | When to use the subjunctive - Grammarist

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In English, the subjunctive mood is used to explore conditional or imaginary situations. It can be tricky to use, which partially explains why many speakers and writers forgo it. But it's quite useful (and aesthetically pleasing, at least to us), and careful users of English should do their part to preserve it.

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Subjunctive Mood is used to discuss something that is uncertain or is hypothetical.
It can get confusing sometimes but you just need your past, present and your general subject.

Ex:'A car might crash into his house if he were to build it on Interstate-40.'

He is the subject.

Were is the past subject.

Build is the present subject.

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Conditional & Subjunctive Moods

'If I were you, I would pay a lot of attention to this lesson.'

What are we saying in this sentence? Well, two things:

That if the condition of me being you were fulfilled (although we know that this is only hypothetical because I cannot be you)

Then, I would do something

In this simple sentence, we can find two different moods coming together:

1. The conditional that talks about what would happen or what one would do in certain circumstances

2. The subjunctive that talks about a situation that is uncertain, unreal, or just a wish. Also, the subjunctive mood talks about the urgency or importance of something.

Conditional Mood

The conditional mood expresses something that would happen if certain circumstances happen.

Let's take a look at this example: 'I would eat insects if I were starving.' We have a condition: 'If I were starving.' So, what would I do if the condition were fulfilled? 'I would eat insects.'

Let's look at another example: 'I would climb Mount Everest if I wanted to.' What is the condition here? 'If I wanted to.' And what would I do if the condition were fulfilled? 'I would climb Mount Everest.' (I don't want to because I have TV, but that's not relevant right now.)

These sentences have used the word 'would,' but we can also use the words 'could' and 'might' in the conditional tense. For example, 'He could get the concert tickets tomorrow.' 'It might work.'

Subjunctive Mood

Most of the time, the subjunctive mood is used to discuss something that is uncertain or is hypothetical. The present subjunctive is used with triggers (certain verbs and expressions that indicate that a subjunctive tense is required. You will learn some later in this lesson). The past subjunctive is used in unreal if-clauses similar to the conditional tense.

To conjugate verbs in the present subjunctive, it's just like the present tense, except for the 'he,' 'she' and 'it' are conjugated identically to all the other subjects. In the present tense, the third person singular usually has an -s at the end. For example, 'I eat,' 'you eat,' 'he eats,' 'we eat,' 'you eat,' 'they eat.' In the subjunctive, even he/she/it is conjugated as eat. The verb 'to be' is an irregular verb because in the present, we use the infinitive 'be' without the word 'to,' as in 'I suggest that you be yourself.'

For past subjunctive, verbs are conjugated like the past ('I ran,' 'you ran,' 'she ran,' 'we ran,' 'you ran,' 'they ran,' 'everyone ran'). Past subjunctive is to discuss hypothetical or unreal situations in the present or even in the future, as in 'I wish you were here for my birthday.' Before we go any further, let's take a look at the verb 'to be:'

Let's look at some examples:

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using verbs in the conditional and subjunctive moods - video & lesson transcript | study.com

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Using Verbs in the Conditional and Subjunctive Moods - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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'If I were you, I would pay a lot of attention to this lesson.' What are we saying in this sentence?

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Conditional Mood expresses something that would happen than what might have happened.

Ex: 'I would feel sorry for this person, if I knew them.'

The key is 'if I knew them' because it describes that WOULD have happened.

Not what MIGHT have happened.

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This page is a resource for Doctor Wheeler's students in grammar. It explains the difference between various verb moods in English. Sample moods include the indicative, subjunctive, and the interrogative.