Subjunctive II
simple sentences |
if only / oh if / oh that + sb + did sth / have done sth
sb + better / rather + do sth |
complex sentences |
it is / was time sb did sth
sb + the verb wish + sb did sth / had done sth sb + the verb wish + sb could do sth sb + the verb wish + sb might have done sth I wish / wished sb would do sth
it looks / seems + as if / as though + sb did sth / had dome sth
sb looks / seems / does sth as if / as though sb did sth sb looks / seems / does sth as if / as though sb had done sth
if sb did sth I / we should do sth if sb did sth sb would do sth if sb had done sth sb could / might do sth if sb had done sth sb could / might have done sth if sb should do sth I / we shall do sth if sb should do sth sb will do sth should sb do sth do sth if sb would do sth I / we should do sth if sb would do sth sb would do sth
even if / even though sb did sth I / we should do sth even if / even though sb did sth sb would do sth even if / even though sb had done sth I / we should have done sth even if / even though sb had done sth sb would have done sth |
* Today there is no universally accepted classification of verbal mood forms. Scholars distinguish syntactical (If I were you ...) and analytical (I would stay...) moods, past and present moods (I wish I stayed there longer. I demand that he stay.). From the sematical point of view the so-called imperative, subjunctive, conditional and suppositional moods are distinguished. In some grammar boks, besides the direct and oblique moods, the so-called imperative mood is distinguished. Problems in treating the category of mood in English are also caused by the fact that the whole system of the mood is not stable.