Curso TOEFL TEST :: Evaluation # 2

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION
PART A: STRUCTURE

LESSON # 38

Subjunctives

S = Subject; V = Verb; VW = Verb Word

         S               V         that     S       VW

Mr. Moore    prefers    that    she    speak     with him personally

Remember that the following verbs are used before that and the verb word clause: ask, demand, desire, insist, prefer, recommend, require, suggest.

If the context is formal, avoid using a present or past verb instead of a verb word.

Informal context: Mr. Moore prefers that she speaks with him personally.

Avoid using a modal before the verb word.

S = Subject; VW = Verb Word

              noun                that    S   VW

The recommendation   that   we   be   evaluated was approved

Remember that these nouns are used in this pattern: recommendation, requirement, suggestion.

If the context is formal, avoid using a present or past verb instead of a verb word.

Informal context: The recommendation that we were evaluated was approved.

Avoid using a modal before the verb word.

EXAMPLE:

Incorrect:

The doctor suggested that she will not smoke. 

Correct:

The doctor suggested that she not smoke.

 

The doctor suggested that she did not smoke (informal context).

USEFUL LINKS in our megaportal:
FCE-First Certificate: The Subjunctive
OM Grammar: Subjunctive (American and British)

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