IXL | Correct errors with verb mood | 8th grade language arts

Consider which verb mood should be used in the sentence. Then, click to correct the verb form if needed.

Located in Finland, the city of Lapland is an excellent place to view the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights.

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question

Consider which verb mood should be used in the sentence. Then, click to correct the verb form if needed.

Safety regulations require that the community swimming pool is closed during thunderstorms.

key idea

Verb moods help indicate a speaker's purpose or attitude. When you write, it is important to use the correct verb form to express the intended mood.

The indicative mood is used to express facts and opinions. Most sentences and clauses use the indicative mood. Verbs in the indicative mood follow normal subject-verb agreement

rules.

I run two miles every morning before school.

My best friend runs five miles every morning before school.

We were incredibly patient while waiting in the hospital's emergency room.

He was incredibly patient while waiting in the hospital's emergency room.

The subjunctive mood is used in indirect commands, suggestions, or

requests,

which are clauses that appear after verbs like "demand," "suggest," and "ask." When the subjunctive mood is used in indirect commands, suggestions, or requests, the base form of the verb is used for all subjects.

My coach suggested that I run two miles every morning before school.

My best friend's coach suggested that she run five miles every morning before school.

The nurse in the hospital's emergency room requested that we be patient.

The nurse in the hospital's emergency room requested that he be patient.

The subjunctive mood is also used for stating

counterfactuals,

which are hypothetical situations that are not true or not possible under current circumstances. When the subjunctive is used in counterfactuals, it often appears in a clause that begins with "if." This use of the subjunctive mood is expressed with the plural past-tense form of the verb for all subjects.

If I were a faster runner, I would also run five miles every morning before school.

If she were a faster runner, she would run ten miles every morning before school.

solution

This sentence gives an indirect command, using the verb "require." So, the subjunctive mood should be used. The base form of a verb is used to give indirect commands in the subjunctive mood.

Safety regulations require that the community swimming pool be closed during thunderstorms.

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