THE COMPOSITE SENTENCE

IV. OBLIQUE MOODS IN NOMINAL AND ATTRIBUTIVE CLAUSES

Part 1. Test Your Knowledge

Answer the questions.

1. What moods are used to express unreal actions?

2. What moods are used to express problematic actions?

3. What temporal relations can the form of the oblique moods render?

4. What are the forms of Subjunctive II?

5. In what nominal clauses can Subjunctive II be used?

6. Can the perfect Subjunctive II be used after it’s time?

7. What are the implications of “would + Infinitive” after the verb to wish?

8. On what semantic conditions can the Suppositional Mood/Subjunctive I be used in nominal and attributive clauses?

9. What is the peculiarity of the conjunction lest?

10. What clauses can be introduced by lest?