Subjunctive mood indicates the possibility, wishes, or hypothetical statements. It is almost the opposite of the indicative mood. This mood usually mixes the tense of the verbs and does not follow the common usage of the tense.
Subjunctive has some different structures from the other structures of sentences.
Conditionals generally use the subjunctive mood.
Example:
- If you change this dress, I will take you with me.
- If I were in your shoes, I would not do it.
- If they were in America, they could not escape from it.
- If they had taken the vaccine, they would not have been affected.
Some certain verbs + the conjunction that requires the next clause to use the subjunctive mood and the clause uses the base form of the verb in it.
The verbs are:
| Advise – demand – prefer – require – ask – insist Propose – stipulate – command – recommend Suggest – decree – order – request – urge – move |
Structure:
| Subject + the verbs of the above box (any tense) + THAT + subject + base verb + . . . . . |
Example:
- He insisted that I stay at home.
- The office requires that we complete our work timely.
- She commanded that he stop smoking.
- I recommend that you wake up early.
Note: There are some clauses also which require the verb of the next clause to be in base form.
The clauses are:
| It is/was + past participle form of the verb of the above box + THATIt is/was urgent + THATIt is/was necessary + THATIt is/was important + THAT |
Example:
- It is important that you invite the prime minister in our wedding.
- It was necessary that I make a fence.
- It was recommended that you meet the principal.
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