demonstrate proficiency in recognizing and using subjunctive and conditional verb moods, illustrating an understanding of how these moods contribute to expressing hypothetical situations, wishes, or conditions.

• If I were to be rich, I would open a soup kitchen.

• Todd swam as if a shark were after him.

Examples:

• think of it as the "what if?" mood. It states something that is not true but imaginary

• it also employs different tenses than sentences in other moods, since hypothetical statements exist outside of time and space.

Definition:

Subjunctive

• If Kami has time, she will help me with the dishes.

• Butterscotch would be the perfect dog if he would not dig holes.

Examples:

• think of it as the "if clause."

• It describes what might happen or could happen if something were the case.

• Look for words such as might, could, should, and would.

Definition:

Conditional