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SUBJUNCTIVE AND UNREAL PAST FORMS

UNREAL PAST FORM

Use after

I'd rather and it's time

This forms are also followed by unreal past, but this time verb is in past tense, and the situation is in the present...

It's time + past tense

It's time you paid that bill.

I'd rather + past tense

I'd rather you went.

The verb to wish

We use it when we talk about present situations that we can not change no matther what...

I wish I had more money.

Expressions like "if"

Is used to express hypothetical situations ...

Followed by the past perfect

Supposing I had given that man my money!

Followed by past tense

What if we painted the room purple?

SUBJUNCTIVE

Present subjunctive

Be

It is essential that she be present.

Use of subjunctive

Were instead of "was" after if

If I were you, I would ask her.

After two structures

The verbs

suggest + that

The expressions

vital + that

Should + Infinitive

The menager insists that the car park should be locked at night.

Past subjunctive

were

It was essential that she be present.