MOOD
Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive
English 3
Mr. McGowan
What is mood?
 LIFE DEFINITION
 How you are feeling at a given time
 LITERATURE DEFINITION
 The reader’s emotional response
 The atmosphere of a story
“Mood” in Grammar
 DEFINITION: The form a verb takes to
indicate the ATTITUDE of the person
using the verb.
Tense, Voice, Mood
 TENSE – shows time (past, present,
future)
 VOICE – shows who’s doing an action or
having action done to them
 MOOD – shows attitude (telling a fact,
giving a command, expressing a wish)
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.
Imperative Mood
 Direct command or request
Show me the money.
Now give me the money.
Don’t call the police.
Write one sentence in IMPERATIVE mood.
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.
What does the subjunctive
mood look like?
Common verbs:
ask, demand, determine, insist, move,
order, pray, prefer, recommend,
regret, request, require, suggest, and
wish.
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.
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.
 PAST SUBJUNCTIVE
I wish you were in my English class.
I wish Mr. McGowan weren’t so awesome.
If I were you, I wouldn’t do that.
Write one sentence in PRESENT
SUBJUNCTIVE, and one sentence in
PAST SUBJUNCTIVE.
What mood? Indicative,
Imperative, Subjunctive?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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.
7. The coach wishes the rugby team ___ more
motivated.
Assignments
 Classwork: Worksheet on Mood.
 Homework: Creative writing assignment
using active voice and subjunctive mood.