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Deciding if the Subjunctive Is Conditional
Use the drop-down menu to identify whether each subjunctive sentence is or is not conditional.
If you wanted to run faster, you should have eaten breakfast.
If she were to skip breakfast, she would not feel well.
I really hope that he remembered his wallet.
conditional
not conditional

If you wanted to run faster, you should have eaten breakfast.

Conditional

If she were to skip breakfast, she would not feel well.

Conditional

I really hope that he remembered his wallet.

Not Conditional

Explanation:

Subjunctive mood is used to express wishes, possibilities or command.

Conditional sentences are used to express some certain conditions which can either be real or not.

From the above examples, we can see that the first and second examples are conditional because they show conditions that have to be met.

The third example is not conditional because it is purely subjunctive as it expresses a wish that he remembered his wallet.

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active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.