1. The Subjunctive
This is not explained very well in your
book!

2. You have learned verb tenses so far:
present
past
present perfect
past perfect
future

3. We have a new one that you have
not learned yet.
It’s the last one to learn!
It is

4. We have a new one that you have
not learned yet.
It’s the last one to learn!
It is

5. Present subjunctive
Past subjunctive

6. Language changes over time.
The subjunctive is disappearing
from English.
In a few hundred more years it will
be gone.

7. However, there are still some
situations where it is still used,
especially by educated people.
There are a few situations where
not using it makes you sound
uneducated.

8. The present subjunctive is the base
form of the verb
go/be/have

9. The present subjunctive is the base
form of the verb
go/be/have

10. Doctors recommend that a child
not watch too much TV.
Simple present—a child doesn’t
watch
Present subjunctive– a child not
watch

11. In most cases, using the subjunctive
is about sounding educated, not
about being understood