Then review the concept of subjunctive mood and its basic usage.

T: We know that a verb is in the subjunctive mood when it expresses a condition which is doubtful or not factual. Do you know when the subjunctive mood is used?

S1: It is most often found in a clause beginning with the word if.

S2: It is also found in clauses following a verb that expresses a doubt, a wish, regret, request, demand, or proposal.

T: Good. Today we'll learn subjunctives of these verbs. These are verbs typically followed by clauses that take the subjunctive.

Show the following.

ask, demand, determine, insist, move, order, pray,

prefer, recommend, regret, request, require, suggest

Step II Grammar (1): Subjunctive

Ask the students to read the sentences and answer the questions in Activity 1 on page 75.

T: Read the sentences aloud and then answer the questions followed. First, what is unusual about the verbs?

S1: All the verbs in bold type are in their basic forms and are all in the clauses after verbs like, recommend, request, propose, suggest, insist.

T: Can you think of other ways of expressing the ideas in these sentences?

S2: Yes. For sentence 1, I can express like this: They recommended, "You had better close the site and repair it."

S3: For sentence 2: We requested, "The government should get involved."

S4: For sentence 3: A professor at the Academy proposed, "A fund should be established to raise money."

S5: For sentence 4: They suggested, "The general public should be encouraged to help with the problem."

S6: For sentence 5: My colleagues and I insisted, "Something must be done about it immediately."

Then ask the students to choose the sentences which are closer in meaning to those in Activity 1.