SUBJUNCTIVE UNREAL PAST - UNREAL TIME AND SUBJUNCTIVES - UNREAL PAST AND SUBJUNCTIVE EXERCISES
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Present subjunctive (see Overview) is common in formal British English. In less formal English, we use a Present tense form (but not if the rest of the sentence is in the past), and we can also use should. (The examples below give alternative forms.)
We use Present subjunctive:
in that-clauses after report verbs, adjectives or nouns to express plans, urgency, intentions or suggestions:
The police insisted the car (should) be moved immediately.
The police insist the car is / be moved immediately.
Words often followed by a Present subjunctive are:
Verbs:
insist, suggest, request, order, recommend, propose, think
Adjectives:
advisable, essential, desirable, preferable
Nouns:
decision, insistence, demand, requirement, condition
after if: If he (should) be found / is found guilty, he'll be jailed for ten years.
after whether: Whether she (should) agree / agrees or not, we're going to have to go ahead.
after whatever: Whatever his reasons be / are, they are insufficient to excuse him.
The Present subjunctive is common in particular phrases:
Far be it from me... So be it. Be that as it may... Suffice it to say... Come what may...
Heaven forbid! Long live the Queen.
