SUBJUNCTIVE

1.   Subjunctive “wish”

      * Present           :Peristiwa yang diharapkan terjadi sekarang tetapi kenyataannya peristiwa itu tidak terjadi. Bentuk kalimat “Past Tense”. Faktanya berbentuk “Present Tense” maknanya berlawanan. “Be” yang digunakan untuk semua subject “WERE”.

                                 Subject + wish (that) + subject +v_-2 (were)

                                 Ex   : I wish I remembered her address

                                          Fact : I don’t remember her address

                                                      They wish they didn’t have to go to class today

                                          Fact : They have to go to class

 

                                                            Subject + wish + subject+ could have-3/ had + V_-3

                                 Ex     : I wish you had come here yesterday

      * Past                 : Peristiwa yang diharapkan terjadi saat lampau, tetapi kenyataanya peristiwa itu tidak terjadi. Bentuk kalimat “Past Perfect”. Faktanya berbentuk “Past Tense”. “Be” yang digunakan “Was” & “Were”

                                

                                 Subject + wish + subject + had + v_-3

                                

                                 Ex     : She wished that the had had more time last night

                                            She wished she had sent a telegram

      * Future             :       

Subject + wish (that) + subject + could have V-1,/ could + V-1 atau were +v-ing

                      

                                 Ex     : She wished that would stop saying that

                                            We wished that you could come to the party tonight

2.   Subjunctive “as if / as thought”

      * Present           :

                                  Subject + V_-Present + as if /as thought + subject + had v_-3

                                 Ex              : Jack looked as if he had seen a ghost

3.   Subjective “would rather”

     

       Present          :

                               Subject + would rather + subject + V_-2 (were) (waktu kini)

                               

                              Ex                 : Rasta would rather it were winter now

      Past              :

                                Subject + would rather + subject + had + V_-3 (been) (waktu lampau)

                          

                               Ex                : Jim would rather that John had gone to class yesterday.