Курский государственный педагогический университет

MOOD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Наклонение в английском языке

Методическое пособие

по практической грамматике

для студентов английского отделения

Курск 2000

Учебно-методическое пособие по практической грамматике английского языка предназначено для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы студентов 3 курса факультета иностранных языков. Пособие состоит из трех частей, содержащих необходимый объем теоретического материала и систему языковых и условно-речевых упражнений по формам Сослагательного наклонения I и II (часть I) и Предположительного наклонения (часть II).

Часть III завершает работу над изученным материалом серией обзорных контрольных упражнений.

Составители: ст. пр. Т.И. Ионина

ст. пр. Д.Д. Климентьев

Рецензент: доц. С.В. Павлова

Напечатано по постановлению Редакционно-издательского Совета университета.

Рекомендовано кафедрой английского языка КГПУ.

MOOD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Part I

Introduction

Mood is the way to express the speaker's attitude to reality by means of certain specific forms of the predicate verb.

The speaker may wish to represent an action as a real fact, command (request) or something unreal, something that does not exist in reality.

The Indicative Mood

Actions represented as real facts in the present, past or future are expressed by the INDICATIVE MOOD.

Ex. We went home early last time. She is going to make a good teacher.

The Indicative Mood is also used to express a real condition, the realization of which is considered possible, as in the following:

If it rains, I shall stay at home. If I know the rule, I give correct answers.

Exercise 1. Decide whether these sentences are talking about the present in general or about the present moment.

Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the present indefinite or the present continuous.

1. My wife normally ... at home, but she ... this month in Nottingham. She ... in a summer school there. ( work, spend, teach)

2. A: Look, it ... again. B: Yes, it ... most days at this time of year. ( rain, rain)

3. Goodnight. I ... to bed. I always ... to bed early during the week. ( go, go)

4. Most days, John ... to work, but since it ... today he ... his car to work. So Mary ... her shopping at the local shop instead of the supermarket, where she usually ... .(cycle, rain, take, do, go)

5. A: Where are the children? B: They ... in the garden. They ... home from school at about four and usually ... straight out to play with their friends. ( play, get, go)

Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences, putting the verbs in the present perfect or the past indefinite.

1. We ... in Manchester from 1985 to 1990, but we ... to Liverpool now. (live, move)

2. A: There’s a great film at the Odeon this week. ... it? ( you see)

B: Not this week. I ... it in London last year. (see)

3. When we were kids, we ... to Blackpool for our holidays, but I ... back there for years. (go, not to be )

4. A: This is Mary. I don’t think you ... . (meet)

B: Oh yes. We know each other well. We ... at school together. (be)

5. A: I ... to phone John, but he’s not at home. (try)

B: He should be. He ... work an hour ago. (leave)

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