Formulaic Subjunctive — The Fire Inspector Who Rewired Language
Grammar: Subjunctive
Free ESL grammar exercise on formulaic subjunctive themed around the fire inspector who rewired language. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 6 (proficiency) ESL grammar exercise on culture, practising subjunctive. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
"Be that as it may, the field notes he kept in the margins of his working life would ignite one of the most heated controversies in twentieth-century linguistics."... "Suffice it to say, this insight sent him from industrial risk straight into the arms of Edward Sapir.
Grammar: Subjunctive
- Formulaic subjunctive
- Come what may, the committee will vote. — fixed phrase; verb uninflected
- Be that as it may
- Be that as it may, her evidence remains compelling. — concedes a point, holds position
Sample items
- The data were incomplete, but, ______............, the committee published its findings.
- ______......, the company refused to reopen the investigation.
- ______........., his career at the insurance firm was extraordinary.
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