Formal Subjunctives
Insisting, demanding etc
After verbs such as
demand, insist, suggest, require
which involve an implied
obligation, the subjunctive may be used in formal style. This has only one
form, that of the infinitive, and there is no third person -5, or past form. The
verb
be
has
be
for all forms.
They demanded that he leave at once.
The school Principal suggested that he be awarded a scholarship.
Less formal usage
Less formally,
should
can be used, and colloquially no verb form change is made, or an
infinitive construction is used.
They demanded that he should leave.
They demanded that he left,
(informal)
HANDOUT 1. Underline either
hope
or
wish
in each sentence.
a) I
hope/wish
I'll see you again soon.
b) I
hope/wish
the weather improves soon.
c) I
hope/wish
I knew the answer.
d) I
hope/wish
you didn't have to go.
e) I
hope/wish
you'd stop shouting so much.
f) I
hope/wish
nothing goes wrong.
g) I
hope/wish
it would stop raining.
h) I
hope/wish
you can come to my party.
i) I
hope/wish
you don't mind.
j) I
hope/wish
we could meet next week.
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HANDOUT 2. Complete each second sentence so that the meaning is similar to the first
sentence
HANDOUT 3. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate verb form.
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