- When the action takes place
- Simple: Present, Past, Future (will)
- Progressive: Present, Past, Future (to be verb + present participle)
*Use Simple Present (instead of Present Progressive) for general definitions and Simple Future (instead of Future Progressive for future actions). State verbs do not take progressive forms.
Verb Mood
- Occurs after as though/if/as if
- Simple past of every verb
- To Be Verbs (is, was, are, were, am, become, became, be) = Were
- Sometimes known as the Past Subjunctive
*If, Then clause
- General rule with no uncertainty (present, present)
- General rule with some uncertainty (present, can/may)
- Particular case (in the future) with no uncertainty (present, future - will)
- Unlikely case (in the future) (present perfect - has + past participle, then conditional, which is WOULD - past of will) * Hypothetical
- Case that never happened (in the past)
2. Command Subjective
- Bossy Verbs (Required, propose)
- Bare form (infinitive with the TO)
- No S even for singular subjects
- To Be (Is, was, am, are, were, become, became) is just BE
- No Will + Verb, or Should + Verb. Just Verb.
BOSSY VERB + that + subject + Command Subjective (bare form, no "to" in infinitive, no s for singular subjects and always BE for "to-be" verbs)
- Indicative - Knowledge or beliefs
- Imperative - Commands
- Subjunctive - Suggestions, desires or hypothetical events
- Occurs after as though/if/as if
- Simple past of every verb
- To Be Verbs (is, was, are, were, am, become, became, be) = Were
- Sometimes known as the Past Subjunctive
*If, Then clause
- General rule with no uncertainty (present, present)
- General rule with some uncertainty (present, can/may)
- Particular case (in the future) with no uncertainty (present, future - will)
- Unlikely case (in the future) (present perfect - has + past participle, then conditional, which is WOULD - past of will) * Hypothetical
- Case that never happened (in the past)
2. Command Subjective
- Bossy Verbs (Required, propose)
- Bare form (infinitive with the TO)
- No S even for singular subjects
- To Be (Is, was, am, are, were, become, became) is just BE
- No Will + Verb, or Should + Verb. Just Verb.
BOSSY VERB + that + subject + Command Subjective (bare form, no "to" in infinitive, no s for singular subjects and always BE for "to-be" verbs)
Verb Voice
- Active voice is SUPERIOR to passive voice
- Active = SUBJECT does the action
- Passive = SOMEONE or SOMETHING ELSE does the action
- Passive Voice = To-be Verb (Is, Was, Are, Were, Be, Become, Became) + Past Participle
- By = Actual Do-ers, Through/Because of= Instrument or Means
When is it good to use passive voice?
When the author wants to DE-EMPHASIZE the something or something doing the action on the subject, but EMPHASIZE on the subject which the action is being done upon.
Non-underlined portion
Preceded by the word BY
When the author wants to DE-EMPHASIZE the something or something doing the action on the subject, but EMPHASIZE on the subject which the action is being done upon.
Non-underlined portion
Preceded by the word BY
