Exercise 10 Subjunctive Mood 1

Directions: Change each sentence to the subjunctive mood. These are all requests.

Part A. Use the word "that" to begin a clause after the verb.

Examples: I asked them to be quiet. / The thief told her to give him the money. I asked that they be quiet. / The thief demanded that she give him the money. She requested _______________________________________________. Sandra asked _______________________________________________. The judge insisted ___________________________________________. My supervisor suggested ______________________________________. I suggested _________________________________________________.

• 1. She asked him to fix the computer.
• 2. Sandra wanted the post office to hold onto her mail.
• 3. The judge told the lawyer to be quiet.
• 4. My supervisor said it would be a good idea for me to accept this new position.
• 5. "He should fix it himself," I said.

Part B. Change each command to a sentence that uses the subjunctive mood in the clause following the verb.

John demanded _________________________________________________. Tom requested __________________________________________________. Sue's boss asked _________________________________________________. Bill's mother demanded ____________________________________________. Our boss insisted _________________________________________________.

• 6. "Give me a refund," John told the clerk.
• 7. "Could you help me move some boxes," Tom asked me.
• 8. " Can you work this weekend?" Sue's boss asked. (Sue is a woman.)
• 9. "Stop drinking so much!" Bill's wife told him.
• 10. "Take a vacation," our boss told us.