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1 Verb Mood and Verb Voice
Mood: Indicative Mood: Imperative Mood: Interrogative Mood: Conditional Mood: Subjunctive Voice: Active Voice: Passive (On the back:) Verb Mood Definition: Verb Voice Definition:

2 (Under each flap:) Definition: Examples:

3 Verb Mood: Definition Mood is the attitude a verb conveys in a sentence. Changing the verb’s mood will change the tone of the sentence. Verb moods indicate a state of being or reality.

4 Indicative Mood The indicative mood indicates a state of factuality and reality. Ex: "A cat sits on the stove." Most sentences in English are in the indicative mood. It simply states a fact of some sort, or describes what happens, or gives details about reality.

5 Imperative Mood The imperative mood indicates a state of command.
Ex: "Give me back my money." One marker of the imperative is that frequently the subject does not appear in the sentence, but is only implied: "(You) Give me back my money."

6 Interrogative Mood The interrogative mood indicates a state of questioning. Ex: "Will you leave me alone now?" One marker of the interrogative is that frequently the speaker inverts or switches the subject-verb order by placing the helping verb first, before the subject: "Will you leave me alone?" instead of "You will leave me alone." Frequently the interrogative appears with requests for a course of action or requests for information.

7 Conditional Mood The conditional mood indicates a conditional state that will cause something else to happen. Ex: The bomb might explode. The conditional is marked by the words might, may, could, and would. Frequently, a phrase in the conditional appears closely linked to a phrase in the subjunctive preceded by a subordinate conjunction like if.

8 Subjunctive Mood The subjunctive mood indicates a hypothetical state, a state contrary to reality, such as a wish, a desire, or an imaginary situation. Ex: If you jiggle that switch, the bomb might explode. Note that the 2nd clause is conditional, the 1st is subjunctive.

9 Mood Example Indicative She is happy. Imperative Smile! (Note: The subject “you” is implied rather than stated.) Interrogative Is she happy? (Note: the subject follows the verb.) Conditional She could be happy. Subjunctive If she won the lottery, she would be happy.

10 Verb Voice: Definition
Voice tells us whether the subject of a sentence is the actor or is acted upon. There are two verb voices: Active and Passive.

11 Active Voice Definition: A sentence is in active voice when the subject is performing the action. The active voice puts the emphasis on who or what is performing the action. Using active voice usually makes your writing more exciting and vibrant. Examples: Harrison removed their handicaps. The boys shouted at the dog.

12 Passive Voice Definition: A sentence is in passive voice when the subject is not performing the action, but the subject is instead being acted upon by something else. The passive voice places the emphasis on the thing or person being acted upon. Using the passive voice is not incorrect. It can be useful in many situations, such as when the performer of the action is unknown or unimportant. Examples: The handicaps were removed by Harrison. The football was thrown by Devynn.


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