大学英语语法Subjunctivemood虚拟语气讲解.pptVIP

③ In certain formulaic expressions The be-subjunctive is also used in some formulaic expressions to express a wish, prayer, curse,……The formulaic use of the be-subjunctive tends to be formal and old-fashioned in style eg : God bless you. So be it! Exercise: May our great motherland ______ (live) long! * About Mood Mood, as a grammatical category, is a finite verb form that indicates whether an utterance expresses a fact (indicative mood), a command or request (imperative mood ), or a non-fact and hypothesis(subjunctive mood) mood Indicative mood Imperative mood Subjunctive mood Welcome There are two forms of the subjunctive : be-subjunctive and were-subjunctive.The be-subjunctive takes the base form and the were-subjunctive has only the were form. Both are remnants of Old English. subjunctive mood be-subjunctive were-subjunctive Part 1: be-subjunctive mood The be-subjunctive, like the imperative, is realized by the base form of the verb.Whatever the person of the subject, the predicator invarably takes the base form. Consequently, where the clause has a plural subject, there is normally no distinction between indicative and subjunctive forms, except for the verb be. The subjunctive form of be is be for all persons. The be-subjunctive is used as follow: 1. In certain that-clauses after such verbs as decide ,decree, demand ,insist, move, order,prefer, propose,recommend, request, suggest,vote,ect,eg: The teacher ordered that all the books be put where they were. He insisted that Tom be punished because of the mistake. after such adjectives as advisable ,appropriate,desirable,essential,fitting, important, impossible,necessary,obligatory,proper,ect,eg: It is essential that all new words be looked up in the dictionary. after such nouns as decision,decree, demand, instruction, order,requirement, resolution,ect, eg: The board has given instructions that the agent fly to Boston. The final decision was that Nick be fired due to his dishonesty. In ce