Posts Tagged ‘mood’

Verbs and Moods Exercise

February 6th, 2011 in Improve English

Point out the verbs in the following sentences and name their moods and tenses.

1. The river flows under the bridge.

2. I will do the work tonight.

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Does Subjunctive Mood Still Exist?

February 25th, 2010 in English Grammar, English Learning

The subjunctive mood scarcely exists in present day English. It is marked by distinctive verb forms which are now confined to the verb be and third person singular forms of other verbs. Note that the subjunctive forms still exist in American English.

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More on Verbs: Mood

November 14th, 2009 in English Grammar, English Learning, ESL, Improve English

The word mood is derived from the Latin word ‘modus’ which means mode or manner. Hence the mood of a verb shows the mode or manner in which the action expressed by the verb takes place.

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