Week 5: MPU3022_Mood

The mood of a verb refers to manner or attitude in which the action is expressed. Verbs-the actions or
states of being they express-can be stated as facts, wishes, possibilities, or commands.
Examples of Verb Mood:
1) Indicative Mood-expresses fact, opinion, assertion, question; this is the mood for most of our verbs.
The term indicative is used in a narrow sense as a synonym of declarative. In its broad
usage, indicative is approximately equivalent in meaning to realis.
2) Imperative Mood-expresses a command; imperative sentences are written in the imperative mood-
remember that the subject is often an understood "you".
3) Interrogative Mood is an epistemic mood that signals that the speaker wishes to elicit information
concerning the content of his or her utterance from the addressee.
4) Subjunctive Mood-expresses a wish for something to be true, or expresses something that is contrary
to what actually is

EXERCISES

A. Fill in column B with the correct mood; Imperative, Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory

No. A. B.
1 Watch the ball.

2 Has the dog already been fed?

3 Clean your room, now.

4 Do not open the presents until the morning!

5 We have already won several races.

B. Select the correct answer.

1. Complete this sentence: The mood of a verb indicates ________

● the subject is active.

● the attitude of the speaker.
● the speaker is the subject.

2. Complete this sentence: The indicative mood of a verb is used ________

● in most statements and questions.

● in a direct command.
● to indicate the future tense.

3. Complete this sentence: The imperative mood of a verb is used to ________

● show the indirect object is being acted upon.

● ask a question.
● indicate a request or command.

4. Complete this sentence: The subjunctive mood of a verb is most commonly used ________
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● when the subject is acting upon an object.

● in a direct question or a command.
● in contrary‐to‐fact or hypothetical statements.

5. Which sentence shows the INDICATIVE mood?

● Sit down and be quiet.

● She walks her two dogs every day.
● Why did he insist on driving to the mall?

6. Which sentence shows the IMPERATIVE mood?

● Turn in your ID badge before leaving the building.

● We should turn in our ID badges before leaving the building.
● Should we turn in our ID badges before leaving the building?

7. Which sentence shows the SUBJUNCTIVE mood?

● If he were the chief financial officer, the company would make a profit.
● Is he the chief financial officer of this profitable company?
● He is the chief financial officer of a profitable company.

C. Indicate the mood and its function in the sentences below.

1. Does your dog eat any old thing?

a. Mood : __________________________________________________

b. Function: __________________________________________________

2. The dog has already been fed.

a. Mood : __________________________________________________

b. Function: __________________________________________________

3. Leave me alone.

a. Mood : __________________________________________________

b. Function: __________________________________________________