English-2
Grade-8
Easy

Question

Direction : Identify the verb mood in each of the following sentence.
I wish I knew how to swim.

  1. Indicative
  2. Interrogative
  3. Imperative
  4. Conditional
  5. Subjunctive

hintHint:

Verb moods indicate the attitude of the speaker. There are four verb moods in English as follows:
1. Indicative mood: Expresses assertion or denial
2. Imperative mood: Expresses command, request or advice
3. Subjunctive mood: Expresses a possibility, wish, doubt or an unreal situation
4. Interrogative mood: Expresses a question
5. Conditional mood: Expresses a condition

The correct answer is: Subjunctive


    The correct answer is option 'e'.
    I wish I knew how to swim.
    The sentence expresses a wish.
    Therefore, it has a subjunctive verb mood.

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