1. Subjunctive Verb Mood
Grade 8 | Subjunctive Verb Mood

2. What do you Notice?
“I wish I could remember the first day, First hour, first moment of your meeting me… If only I could recollect it!... If only now I could recall that touch, First touch of hand in hand! - Did one but know!”
–Christina Rossetti, First Day poem
“If I had a million dollars I'd build a tree-fort in our yard If I had a million dollars you could help It wouldn't be that hard…”
- Barenaked Ladies , If I Had A Million Dollars song
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
–Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream speech
“What if? What if I'm the one for you? And you're the one for me? What if...”
-Jason Derulo, What If song lyrics
Grade 8 | Subjunctive Verb Mood

3. Invitation to Imitate
Use the frames below to complete the subjunctives
using your own ideas.
I wish I could ____________________________________
If only I could recollect ____________________________
If only now I could recall ___________________________
Grade 8 | Subjunctive Verb Mood

4. Write a sentences for each of the subjunctive verb stems:
Invitation to Revise
Write a sentences for each of the subjunctive verb stems:
I wish that…
I hope that…
I desire that…
I suggest that …
Grade 8 | Subjunctive Verb Mood

5. Invitation to Write
Re-visit the “if I had a million dollars” concept and write a short passage about what you would do with a million dollars using at least four of the following subjunctive verb mood indicators: If Wish Desire Dream Imagine Suggest

6. Invitation to Edit
What’s wrong? If I had a million dollars I’d build a tree fort in our yard. If I had a milion dollars I’d build a tree fort in our yard. If I had a million dollars I’d build a tree fort in UR yard. If I have a million dollars I’d build a tree fort in our yard. If I had a million Dollars I’d build a tree fort in our yard.
Grade 8 | Subjunctive Verb Mood