1. Moods Week 1

2. Mood
Mood is a term in grammar that identifies utterances (verbs) as being statements, expressions of wish, commands, questions, etc
'Mood' is derived from 'mode', but at some stage the vowel changed by association with the completely different word 'mood', meaning a state of mind

3. Moods in English grammar
Declarative/Indicative
Imperative
Interrogative
Subjunctive
Conditional

4. Moods Week 2

5. Declarative mood He was seen I am walking home. They are singing.
This is a statement
Verbs take their "usual" position following the 'subject'
He was seen
I am walking home.
They are singing.
He is not a dancer.
We are very happy.

6. Moods Week 3

7. Imperative mood Used for commands or instructions
Occurs only in the second person, and the subject ("you") is generally not explicitly stated
Listen!
Do not smoke here.
Let me do the talking.
Let them dance.

8. Moods Week 4

9. Interrogative mood Question
Marked by starting a clause with an auxiliary verb or a WH-word
Can you do that?
What time is it?

10. Moods Week 5

11. Subjunctive mood Used to express if-then statements
Typically marked in the present tense by the auxiliary "were" plus the continuous (-ing) form of the verb
I am eating, so I will sit. (Factual/Declarative)
Were I eating, I would sit. (Counterfactual)
If they were eating, they would sit. (Counterfactual conditional / If-then)
God save the king (subjunctive)
If I were you... (subjunctive)

12. Moods Week 6

13. Conditional mood Denote or imply a probable future action
Verbs: could, would, should, may and might in combination with the root stem of the verb
I may think of quitting
You could go to the store
I might meet you tomorrow