MOOD Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive

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MOOD Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive

• Language Arts
• Mrs. Allen

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What is mood?

• LIFE DEFINITION
• How you are feeling at a given time
• LITERATURE DEFINITION
• The readers emotional response
• The atmosphere of a story

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Mood in Grammar

• DEFINITION The form a verb takes to indicate the
  ATTITUDE of the person using the verb.

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Tense, Voice, Mood

• TENSE shows time (past, present, future)
• VOICE shows whos doing an action or having
  action done to them
• MOOD shows attitude (telling a fact, giving a
  command, expressing a wish)

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Indicative Mood

• Express a fact, opinion, or question
• It is 84 degrees in here.
• I think I am going to pass out.
• Can we please turn the heat down?
• Write one sentence in indicative mood.

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Imperative Mood

• Direct command or request
• Show me the money.
• Now give me the money.
• Dont call the police.
• Write one sentence in IMPERATIVE mood.

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Subjunctive Mood

• PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE
• To express a suggestion, a necessity, or an
  indirect command/order
• PAST SUBJUNCTIVE
• To express an untrue condition, or a wish or
  desire.

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What does the subjunctive mood look like?

• Common verbs
• ask, demand, determine, insist, move, order,
  pray, prefer, recommend, regret, request,
  require, suggest, and wish.

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What does the subjunctive mood look like?

• Present Subjunctive
• The teacher recommended that I be in her class.
• I recommend that you be on time the rest of the
  year.
• The judge suggested that we be given first prize.

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Present subjunctive cntd.

• I demand that he do the assignment.
• Her mom insisted that she not play tomorrow
  night.
• I insist that Michael come early.
• I strongly suggest that he cooperate with the
  police.

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• PAST SUBJUNCTIVE
• I wish you were in my English class.
• I wish Mr. McGowan werent so awesome.
• If I were you, I wouldnt do that.
• Write one sentence in PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE, and
  one sentence in PAST SUBJUNCTIVE.

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What mood? Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive?

• Maria translates articles into Spanish.
• I wish you were here.
• Bring me the towels.
• I suggest that you be quiet now.
• Please be quiet.
• The coach asked that each player practice twice
  each day.
• The coach wishes the rugby team ___ more
  motivated.

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Assignments

• Classwork Worksheet on Mood.
• Homework Creative writing assignment using
  active voice and subjunctive mood.