Present Subjunctive — Does Language Build the World You See?
Grammar: Subjunctive
Free ESL grammar exercise on present subjunctive themed around does language build the world you see?. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 6 (proficiency) ESL grammar exercise on education, practising subjunctive. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Researchers require that such findings be replicated across multiple populations before drawing conclusions about cognition. Separate studies in the Amazon demonstrated that without number words, precise numerical discrimination becomes measurably harder.
Grammar: Subjunctive
- Present subjunctive
- Scientists require that such findings be replicated. — base form after demand verbs, no -s
- Common demand verbs
- They insist that the data be taken seriously. — insist / suggest / demand / propose / require
Sample items
- The committee insists that the full dataset ______ made available to independent reviewers.
- Cognitive scientists recommend that future studies ______ participants from at least three continents.
- The journal demands that authors ______ all funding sources in their submissions.
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