SUBJUNCTIVE

Subjuctive digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu keinginan atau keadaan yang tidak terpenuhi atau
situasi yang bertentangan dengan fakta.

Beberapa kata yang menunjukan itu subjunctive adalah wish, if only, would rather,as if, as
though,suppose, would to.

PENGGUNAAN SUVJUCTIVE

1. Menunjukan present atau future tense, Maka PAST TENSE digunakan dalam kalimat.
Pattern : Subject + wish...+Subject + would / could
e.g. It is going to be a good party tomorrow. I wish indra could come.
( fact : Indra may come to the party or may not come )

2. Menunjukan Present tense

Pattern : Subject + Wish ... +Subject + past Verb
e.g.
I wish I knew how to do it . (fact : I don’t know )
If only I lived in Bali . ( fact : I don’t live in Bali )

3. Penggunaan as if/as though dalam bentuk past subjunctive

Pattern : Subject + present/past verb + as if / as though + Subject + Past Verb
e.g. He behaves as if he were the owner of the company.
(fact: He is not the owner)

4. Bentuk Subjuctive sesudah would rather untuk menyatakan pilihan lebih suka.
 Menunjukan present tense
Pattern : Subject + would rather + that + subject past tense
e.g.
I would rather you told me the news
( fact : You don’t tell me he news )

 Menunjukan past tense

Pattern : Subject + would rather+that+Subject + Past perfect tense
e.g. Bambang would rather that I had not been cold last night.
( Fact : I was cold last night )
EXCERCISES !
1. “ Let’s go swimming “
“ I wish I.... we have a test tomorrow and still have to study”
a. Am able
b. Could be
c. Could
d. Will be able
e. Be able to
2. I wish ... now at the party
a. He is here
b. He will be here
c. He has been here
d. He were here
e. He be here
3. I am sorry i din’t know the answer, but I really wish I....
a. Know
b. Knew
c. Have known
d. Will known
e. Had known
4. She went the blackboard as if she knew how to solve the problem.
The underline words mean ....
a. She actually can’t solve the problem
b. She ought to know how to solve the problem
c. She definetely know how to solve the problem
d. She would know how to solve the problem
e. She suceeded how to solve the problem
5. “I am planing to go to the party tonight , but it’s raining very hard now”
“ I wish....raining now”
a. It stops
b. It has stopped
c. It will stop
d. It had stopped
e. It would stop