SUBJUNCTIVE

SUBJUNCTIVE

Is a sentence which shows an example of hope or meaning in an event that has happened in the past.

As usual uses : “wish, if only, as if, as though, would rather”

Subjunctive always have the opposite meaning to what is written.

SUBJUNCTIVE ---------------------------> FACTS

Ø Positive

V1 ------------------------------------------> do +not +V1

V+ed -----------------------------------------> does+not+V1

Had+V3 ---------------------------------------> didn’t+V1

Were+… ---------------------------------------> (is, am, are)+not+……….

Had ben+… ------------------------------------> (was, were)+not+……….

Ø Negative

Didn’t+V1 -----------------------------------> V1 / V_es

Hadn’t+V3 ----------------------------------> V2 / V+ed

Were not+… --------------------------------> (is, am, are)+…

Hadn’t+been… -----------------------------> Was/were+…

Examples:

Ø Wish

Subjunctive : I wish mother picked me up.

Fact : Mother doesn’t pick me.

Ø If only

Subjunctive :If only I could buy the book now.

Fact : I can not buy the book now.

Ø As if / as though

Subjunctive : She acted as if she were the boss of the restaurant.

Fact : She isn’ the boss of the restaurant.

Ø Would rather

Subjunctive :Mother would rather I took the course.

Fact : I don’t take a course.