1. Subjunctive II.
2. Subjunctive I.
3. The Suppositional Mood
4. The Conditional Mood
The Imperative Mood
Oblique Moods
The building of forms
Subjunctive II.
Subjunctive I.
The Suppositional Mood
The Conditional Mood
Present*
(non-perfect)
= 2 form of the verb
= (bare infinitive)
should + non-perfect infinitive
would + non-perfect infinitive
Past*
(perfect)
= Past Perfect
should + perfect infinitive
would + perfect infinitive
Syntactic structures
Simple sentences
Simple sentences
Syntactic structures
Subordinate clauses
Principal clause of a Complex sentence;Coordinate clause
Oblique Moods
(the verb to write)
Subjunctive II
Subjunctive I
The Suppositional Mood
The Conditional Mood
Present*
wrote
were written
were writing
were being written
write
should write
should be written
should be writing
would write
would be written
would be writing
Past*
had written
had been written
had been writing
should have written
should have been written
should have been
writing
would have written
would have been written
would have been
writing
Types of Conditional Sentences
Types of Conditional Sentences
Sentence patterns
«zero» type
1. If the price of a product falls, demand for it usually rises.
2. If inflation rises, the value of people’s savings goes down.
3. If I stay out late, I take a taxi.
4. If someone interrupted him he got angry.
5. If there was a scarcity of anything prices of that thing went up.
1st-type
1. If you give me an extra day’s holiday, I’llwork this weekend.
2. If the government raises taxes in the next budget, consumer spending will fall.
3. If the traffic is OK we’llget to the airport in time.
4. If the weather is good, they’llhave the party in the garden.
5. I’llbe disappointed if I’mnot promoted this year.
6. What will happen if they don’t believe me?
2nd type
1. If trains were more reliable, more people would use them.
2. If I had his mobile number, I’dphone him.
3. If I lost my job tomorrow, I’dmove to London to find another one.
4. If I were you, I would call the technical support helpline.
5. If everyone contributed 20% of their salaries to charity, there would be no poverty.
6. Would it be all right if I came round at about seven?
3rd type
7. If she had invested her money in a computer company, she would have made a lot of money.
8. They would have gone out of business years ago if they hadn’t invested in new technology.
9. If we had put up our prices, we wouldn’t have kept our market share.
10. If the flight had been delayed, I would have stayed at the airport hotel.
mixed type
11. If she had invested her money in a computer company, she would be a rich woman today.
12. If he had taken my advice he would be a rich man now.
mixed type
13. If she were not so absent-minded she wouldn’t have left her umbrella.
Subjunctive II in Simple Sentences
Meaning
Examples
wish
1. Oh, that the storm were over!
2. Oh, that she were alive to see this!
possibility
3. She could read that book.
advisability
4. You should go there.
possibility
5. You might do it now.
advisability
6. You ought to be more careful.
advisability, desirability
7. You had better go.
8. You’d better take off your shoes.
9. You’d better not wait any longer.
10. You had better not miss the last bus.
11. You’d better not phone her again.
12. Come on. We’d better not waste any time.
13. I had better ring him at once.
14. You’re ill. You had better see a doctor.
15. I’d better tidy up this room.
16. Hadn’t you better ask him first.
17. Hadn’t you better wear something warmer?
