Education Subjunctive all four forms C2 - Exercise Worksheet

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Subjunctive — all four forms

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

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 Reference · Subjunctive — all four forms

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

Formulaic subjunctive

Come what may, the debate will continue. Suffice it to say, he was wrong. — fixed ceremonial phrases

Literary subjunctive

Be that as it may, the evidence is thin. Long live the hypothesis. — rhetorical elevation and irony

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Subjunctive — all four forms

1.It is vital that the data verified before the paper goes to print.

2. that as it may, the findings deserve serious attention.

3.The editor demanded that every contributor a full list of sources.

4. it not for Boroditsky's experiments, this debate might have faded quietly.

5.Long the kind of science that is willing to revise itself under pressure.

6.Come what , the research team published their findings in full.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.It is important for the results to be verified immediately.

2.Even if that is true, the implications are still unclear.

3.Whatever happens, the experiment will continue.

4.If she was not the lead author, the paper would lack credibility.

5.The dean insisted that all students should attend the lecture.

6.I hope this kind of open debate continues for many years.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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