The Imperative Mood expresses an order, a command or a request. In Modern English the Imperative Mood has affirmative (1) negative (2) and impelling (3)

(1) Open the books

(2) Don’t open the books

(3) Let’s open the books

Impelling form consists of the verb let and a Noun in the Common case or a Pronoun the Objective case (me, you, him, her, us, them)

TEST YOURSELF

1. What is Mood?

2. What moods do we distinguish in Modern English?

3. What does the Indicative Mood show?

4. What does the Imperative Mood show?

5. What are the forms of the Imperative Mood? How do we make them?

THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD

The Subjunctive Mood shows that the action or state expressed by the verb is presented as a non-fact, as something imaginary or desired.

Formation of Subjunctives.

  Subjunctive 1 Subjunctive 2
Present and Future Should/would + Verb V-ed (2- form) To be → were (for all persons)
Past Should/would + have+ V-ed (3-form) Had + V-ed (3-form)

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