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God save the queen!
The school Principal suggested that he be awarded a schoolshirp.
Suppose someone told you that I was a spy!
The more colloquial like does not require this verb form change.
You look like you've just seen a ghost.
I feel as if an express train had hit me. (It didn't hit me)
I'd prefer can be used in the same way, but note that prefer in this type of sentence has an object it.
I'd prefer it if you didn't go.
I'd prefer is not followed by an unreal verb form in other situations.
I'd prefer tea or coffee.
I'd rather you didn't smoke in here.
Wishes about simple future events are expressed with hope.
I hope it doesn't (won´t) rain tomorrow.
I hope you(´ll) have a lovely time in Portugal.
As with present wishes, the verb form after wish is one stage further back in the past. These are wishes referring to a past even, which cannot be changed.
I wish I hadn't eaten so much.
This use of wish is common after if only to express regrets.
Would is used when the speaker wants somebody or something else to change.
I wish he would change his mind and marry Jane.
I wish it would stop raining.
These are wishes where you want to change a present/future state.
I wish I had a motorbike.
I wish I was going on holiday with next week.
It's time we left.
The past subjunctive is hypothetical in meaning. It is used in conditional and concessive clauses and in subordinate clauses after wish and suppose.
Subjunctive were is often replaced in non-formal style by indicative was.
I wish I were. - I wish you were. - I wish he were. - I wish they were.
If I were a rich woman, I would...
I wish the journey were over.
FORMULAIC (OPERATIVE) SUBJUNCTIVE
Formulaic subjunctive is used in certain set expressions.
God save the Queen.
Heaven forbid that...
MANDATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE
The mandative subjunctive is used in a that-clause after an expression of such notions as demands, recommendation, proposal, intention.
EXAMPLE
The employees demanded that he resign.
I wish I were sitting in the bleachers at the Daystona 500.
God bless you.
Feed the dog, and take out the garbage.
The U.S. goverment includes the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is the longest river in the world?
Imperative
Subjunctive
Four past tenses
Four Future Tenses
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS used when you can enjoy the advantages or the benefits of two different things at the same time.
OUT OF HAND When a situation is not under control.
Post office
Shoelace
Non-finite are an extension of a sentence and sometimes can be left out. Depending on the situations or context, the sentence will still make sense.
There are three kinds
3. Gerund like the present participle, a gerund also ends in -ing. But a gerund acts as a verbal noun.
Walking can be a great exercise.
2. Partiples
Perfect Participle
Having + -d/-ed/-en
Having eaten his dinner, Tom went to sleep.
Past Participle
Verb + -d/-ed
Tired, he dropped to the floor.
Present Participle
Verb + -ing
Taking the book, Sam left the library.
1. Infinite can be used as a complement of a verb or as the subject of a sentence.
To accomplish, such a task is amazing.
Finite verbs must agree with the number and person of its subject.
EXAMPLES
He works at the office.
Since he had made his decision, he walked off.
I'll be home around ten if my train is on time.