Subjunctive — all four forms — After Whorf: Three Voices, One Question
Grammar: Subjunctive
Free ESL grammar exercise on subjunctive — all four forms themed around after whorf: three voices, one question. 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
Deutscher arrives with more irony than either. He concedes that the strong Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is, in all likelihood, false — language does not determine thought, come what may — and yet insists the weak version is important.
Grammar: Subjunctive
- Present subjunctive
- It is essential that every student be heard. — base form after necessity/demand verbs
- Past subjunctive
- If this claim were true, our entire framework would collapse. — hypothetical or unreal condition
Sample items
- It is vital that the data ______ verified before the paper goes to print.
- ______ that as it may, the findings deserve serious attention.
- The editor demanded that every contributor ______ a full list of sources.
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