Lesson 12 World Literature AIM: What are the differences between verb moods: indicative, subjunctive, and imperative? Do Now: 1. Take out your laptop. 2. Login to your gmail account. 3. The Do Now has been emailed to you. http://www.englishpractice.com/improve/verbs-mood/ http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/moods.html http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/subjunctive-verbs-was-i-were.aspx http://www.englishpractice.com/improve/verbs-moods-exercise/ Lesson 12 World Literature

Agenda Do Now Homework- Returned tests Essays Grammar lesson: verb moods

Homework Read to page 272 in ATSS Complete the verb worksheet

What is mood? LIFE DEFINITION LITERATURE 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 in your notebook. You have 60 seconds.

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 in your notebook. You have 60 seconds.

Subjunctive Mood PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE: PAST 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.

Further Reading Let’s do some further reading about was vs. were. Go to the class site Under the Assignments tab, click the link “Grammar Girl” Let’s read together

What mood? Indicative, Imperative, Subjunctive? Complete the worksheet. We will go over the answers together. You will have no more than 10 minutes,