Verb Tense, Verb Voice, and Verb Mood

Question 10 • (OC27) ENG 4-1001400-S2-Shannon-D'Aquino

Review the following sentence. “Today we will discuss poetry.” Which statement is true?

Answer

If the mood were imperative, Mrs. Lopez would be ordering the students to discuss poetry.

If the mood were revised to subjunctive, Mrs. Lopez would be asking if the students were going to discuss poetry today.

If the mood were revised to indicative, Mrs. Lopez would be saying that the students would be discussing poetry today, even though she knew it wasn’t true.

If the mood were revised to imperative, Mrs. Lopez would be noting that the students had discussed poetry in the past.

Explanation

The sentence “Today we will discuss poetry” is a statement about what will happen, so it uses the indicative mood. The imperative mood gives a command; revised that way, Mrs. Lopez would be ordering the students to discuss poetry. Asking a question is not the subjunctive mood, and the imperative does not indicate a past event.

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