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Mood of the verb: Mood shows what the speaker is doing with the verb. Rules, examples and a free quick check for Class 6 to 12.

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# Mood of the verb: rules and examples

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Short answer. Mood shows what the speaker is doing with the verb. Indicative states a fact or asks a real question. Imperative gives a command or request. Subjunctive shows a wish or something unreal.

1 . Pick the mood. Please water the plants.

2 . Choose the right word. Pooja wishes her friend ___ here today.

Mood shows what the speaker is doing with the verb. Indicative states a fact or asks a real question. Imperative gives a command or request. Subjunctive shows a wish or something unreal.

Fact or question: indicative. Command or request: imperative. Wish or unreal: subjunctive.

Spotting the subjunctive. Look for wish, if, as if or suppose followed by were for something that is not true. Were is used even with I, he, she and it.

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- Indicative and imperative . An indicative verb has a subject and tells or asks. An imperative verb starts the sentence in its base form, with no subject: you is understood.
- Spotting the subjunctive . Look for wish, if, as if or suppose followed by were for something that is not true. Were is used even with I, he, she and it.
- Two moods in one sentence . A sentence can have more than one verb. Check each verb on its own.
- Wishes about now . For a wish about the present that is not true, use were with every subject, even I, he, she and it. In exams, use were.
- Were after wish and if . Each sentence talks about something that is not true now.
- Fact or question: indicative. Command or request: imperative. Wish or unreal: subjunctive.
- I wish I were; if I were you; she wishes it were.
- Past wish: had + V3. Now wish: past form or were. Missed result: would have + V3.
- As if he were: it is untrue. It is time we left: it is due now.

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