English Grammar – The Subjunctive

Thank’s a lot teacher Alex. I so glad about that. Lily from Brazil

Eliete

hi,in these lesson ‘that’ works like conjunction?

karu

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Mokhtar

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Alvaro

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Efrain

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snake46

wee bit difficult to me, but my score was 8/10. Thank you very much.

mursaleen45

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marpos

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roshank

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It’s not possible 2 me 2 watch the video bcoz u tube is filtered in the country,would u mind give me a helping hand n explain the rules in some sentences??!
Cheers!

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connor

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mwisaumatz87

Great!10/10…I will try to memorize the subjunctive. Regards

ANNA

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romars

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Dorian

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romars

You scored 10 out of 10.

Thank you I enjoyed it !!

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seedygaber

Please add dates to materials. I don’t remember where I’ve stopped last time.

Andrey

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It was an important class

Dorian

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Is there any place where you(all) teach English??
I’m on vacation in June and i really would like to study english with you all!!!
wait for answers.
If there’s a place, answer by e-mail.
thank you for now.

alexmartins

Thank you. I’ve realized how many times I made mistakes using these verbs.

Lucy

thank you mr. Alex… this topic so easy to learn with you. sometime i made mistake when I use subjunctive grammar

ervina

sometimes strange things happened. it was a new grammar topic for me and after the lesson I’ve passed all the quiz correct!

protanya

yes, the strange thing is – after the lesson ” I had pass the quiz”.

roshank

“I passed the quiz” “after” indicates “after what” :D

nextstep.n

I had passed the quiz before I watched the lesson. I think that in this case it would be correct (using of the past perfect).

nextstep.n

Great! Thanks teacher for this lesson. It’s very interesting :). I haven’t never known this before.

khoadiscus

This topic was really difficult for me when I was taking Grammar course but nowww I understood it better, my score was 10 out of 10. Thanks a lot ALEX.

Junior

I got 9/10 hahahhaha I just didn’t read read the sentence carefully, but at least it’s a good score

thank you Sir Alex

markbel23

It’s very confusing but I need to remember it is use for advice…

Sir Alex could I ask you a question? I’m sometimes confused of using “with and to” for example

I’m talking to you
or I’m talking with you…what’s the difference?

markbel23

Talking to you means you are talking to the person, directly to that particular person / kinakausap mo ang tao.
Talking with you means for example you are in a 3 (2 boys & 2 girls) so you were talking to the girl with your friend, you were with him, you both talk to her which means you talk with him.
Or maybe you are talking about the person not with you temporarily, when you are talking to a different person addressing her…
I am not sure but that’s what I think

Jade

Thank you, Alex.

saichaiduangmanee

10/10 great))) thanks Alex for lesson

rastle

Hi alex;It’s important that I score 10 out of 10 on the quiz;but I didn’t;I don’t know what’s the problem with me;any way I enjoyed the lesson;It’s very useful;thanx a lot.

youssef morrocco

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aelnassag

I got 10 out of 10 yeey. :p
Then it’s really useful.

Thank yu, Alex ;)

Mr.Barrak

Nice lesson, thanks Alex.

Shadow

Thank’s Alex.

yassine

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Hemanga

Thanks a lot for this lesson , we are learning better with native speakers as English for us is Second Foreign lge,but i suggested (that)we need course for writing .

sousou22

Alex recommended that we make more practise to improve
( is it right ? ?

basarkan13

i got 10/10,,i listen 1st time,,it was intresting….i enjoyed…thankx sir Alex

IQRA AKBAR

my score 9 of 10. any suggestions?

kadek

you can use SHOULD in the second part of the sentense and everything gets clear. For instance: Alex recomended that Tom SHOULD listen to Sergei. Now leave out SHOULD and life is perfect again..you cannot use final -S with SHOULD neither you can use TO… Alex AM I RIGHT?

Sergei

very cool..Thanks Alex!
Tke care!

Shing Mang Tun

it’s important (that) he come on time

Alamgir hayat

why can’t we use comes instead of come?

Alamgir hayat

I slipped on “I suggest you don`t speak”. The RIGHT answer had been “I suggest you not speak”.
And thanks for the test, teachers!

inyazserg

u r right inyazserg.

Efrain

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Jade

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rios

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Handsome

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thanh minh

Excellent explanation !! thnks a lot Alex.

rocke70

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LABRAIZ

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Raghuram

you could be the next mahatma gandhi.

jay-jay

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Ravijohn

Hi Alex, I would like to know where I should use the word THERE IS and THERE WAS

Mala

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Thank you

Hoppel

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nosa

Very interesting subject! Thanks

fernando

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abir

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yhanmary

This is advanced Grammar . Thanks for teaching me .

Genky

thanks a lot for this useful and practical lesson. I grasped it very quickly.

Youssef Samrouni

It´s the first time I´ve come across this kind of grammar but scored 10 out of 10 which I was surprised of.

THANKS, Alex!

Ingo

I was very good and useful for me,thank Kate

katalina61

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themlad

i really like the way alex explain the th ings.
hurray!.i scored 10/10…:)

Gaurav

Thanks very much teacher . it is a good lesson . and i got all quiz correct .

Haseeb

Teacher Alex I have a question
is it correct if I say I advised her not to do it, instead of I Advised she not do it?
Thanks in advance

ivan25

if you ask me, the first one sounds better.. but is it grammaticaly correct – that is the question..

olesonchik

excelent !!!!!

fenix555555

thnx good lesson it helped me understand the subjunctive but please can you make the quiz more difficult

zeineb

Beautiful!!Thank you very much.

Cansky

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ahmadshakeel

Thanks a Lot Sir….

Salman Khan

Listening this video today i chocked out some confusing from my mind.

Kumar Shrestha

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karabugul

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gauri

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gauri

Thank
Your the best techer i have see

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makdatu

Thanks!What a bad-ass lesson!

medo

but what about expressing wish?
God bless you. / you be always well and about. Isn’t that subjunctive mood?

medo

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syed ismail

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Be healthy and do more lessons for us.

Verginia

Clear explanation Alex! Can I use putative should like I suggested we should not talk about that. Or it is used just in British english?
Thanks

George

Thank you so much,
what does “subjunctive” mean?
in your example which verbs are subjunctive?
thank you

Ela

Thank you so much , Alex!

nadja

Thanks a lot.I found it really interesting.

Agnieszka

8 of 10 its okay ill try again latter :-)

Saepul anwar

Thanks, Alex. It’s a good lesson.

frankfxu

Teacher alex,what is the difference between “not and Don’t?

jay-jay

Thanks a lot!!!!

Nfdezhda

It was very useful, thanks a lot

Dima

lovely.thx

Khaled

Is subjunctive only use to give urgency and importance in a sentence? Just to give more clarifications on this matter. I understand but I just want to know how, is it also only using “that” for subjunctive to show urgency? Look forward to hearing from you Sir Alex. Thanks.

Dex

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wasi haider

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nika45

pretty good… =]

lqmonteiro

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basilalex

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Saud S. Badran

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jopix

Thank you teacher Alex! A short nevertheless useful lesson!

viator001

It is important that we speak and write correctly.
Thank you for presenting this simple lesson on
the use of the English subjunctive.

René LaPierre

its to usefull

FAP

awesome!!!!

rilomo

Hey there Alex, thanks for the lesson, I’ve got a question though. Isn’t the Subjunctive also used in conditions? I thought the second condition “If I went to London, I would see the Thames” had something to do with the Subjunctive. Thank your for the answer!

Veroniks

Thanks alot

jaanv

Damn… 9 out of 10…

Vadim

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Gamini C. Kumara

I enjoy your lesson. Thanks a lot. Your style is very wonderful.

yensar

thank you ,teacher Alex

vishnu

A subjuct that confuses me alot and cost me many degrees in exams ,only in this vedio lession I understand why we put a verb without “s” even with the third person.thank you

nevier

Thanks a lot, teacher Alex. I enjoyed it! My score was 10/10.

Areg

tank u

ksk09me23

Nice topic and really nice explanation teacher! this was a topic I used to be confused about. Greetings from Colombia!

caromendoza

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MaodeColombia

10/10 thank you .

lawrencezarzour

THANKS ALEX

medo66

Thanks! It was a very useful lesson.

jairoenrique

Yes! 10/10
I really love the way you talk to us!:* THANKSSSS SO MUCH!

doris83

thanks for the lesson teacher
i have a question about ‘should’
what’s the meaning of should in the sentence below?
1. It’s strange that he SHOULD be late. He’s usually on time.
what’s the difference in meaning if it is removed?

thanks again

kingfisher

i got 9 on 10 thanks sir

rabbani

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miha

very well

backanswer88

seems interesting for me. I got 7/10 dramatically speaking, this would be give me a challenge to the next lesson. more power.

Nick

thanks tou teacher!

Tiger

Thanks Alex, it’s really helpful ^^

Rebecca

Hi teacher,

Can subjunctive also express a strong wish? As, for example, in “God save the King/Queen” or “God bless you”. Without the s/es of the singular third person.

On the other hand, what about the structure verb + object + infinitive? For example, instead of saying, like in the quiz, “The doctor recommended that I rest at home…” why not “The doctor recommend me to rest at home…”. And the same for, at least, the nine first questions of the quiz. Last example: “She requested that we wait patiently” / “She requested us to wait patiently”. Are these two ways possible?
I am looking forward to reading your answer. Thanks in advance!

atalaya1953

I have the same question because, my teacher told me that Spanish speakers often make this mistake when they try to translate directly word for word: I want that the bank lends me…. and the correct is: I want the bank to lend me a thousand pounds

karem95

Thanks Alex,

I didn’t know that!
It’s important (that) I remeber Subjunctives!

handwriting

10/10 :) thanks for your effort

wiem

Thanks/ Dzięki ;p

kaja

Thank you. I have a quiz coming up, so I appreciate it.
Simona, from Romania

Simona C

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garhakobyan

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chanchal17

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Thiago Souza

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sok ly

was great but in question number 2 it’s possible as well as ” The doctor recommended __me resting__ at home for a few days”.
or necessary I REST??

naina

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Your are very good at explaining things))
Best wishes from Russia

tsvetana

thanks alex i got 10 out 9

jaweedamini3274

I am really interested in atalaya. I can sepak spanish fluently and I saw the same problem lihe she has explianed. I really appreciated an answer.

David

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MUJIB RAHMAN AHMADZAI

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Janilza

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Luis

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Luis

Thanks for your excellent demonstration about subjunctive.

RAC

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dhplakmal

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JulioCesar

Thank you very much!

mountararat

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sinanyucel

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yes,sure .

talaat1972

Yes, indeed.

bassamigo

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poslegg

is a very good lesson, thanks Alex!

wiltoncleiton

Sorry. It was a very good lesson.

wiltoncleiton

so simple so efficient

oldchildyy

thanx

abdullahhussain

Hey Alex. Does the word URGE really work with subjunctive? The other day I was doing a quiz when I came across a question with URGE which I got wrong. I thought I had to use the subjunctive with it but it turned out that the right answer was made by means of the infinitive plus the objective case of a pronoun. I don’t remember the sentence but it looked like this – I URGED HIM TO TELL ME THE TRUTH. Is it the same with I urged he tell me the truth? Or the last one has a stronger meaning like I forced him to tell me the truth?? %) It seems to me that I’ll never get a hang of it (

erlich

It was really helpful

mutsimahmed

He recommended that i not use the medicine..is this correct?

pintuk

THANKS so much it’s really useful

norane

Thank you Alex for this interesting and useful lesson as always. I would qualify subjonctive as an “educated” tense since it is mainly used by people endowed with a certain education. Personally, I am using it in French; it is natural in a way as I have been taught to use it since my childhood. In English, I must say I am hesitant because as a non-native English speaker, I always fear being wrong and appearing to speak with a phony “posh accent”.

patple13

Thanks got 60%.

Abdul Qayum

Advanced grammar native speakers don’t even use. Great!

Zero10

woohoo I got 100, thanks for teaching

Ender

Proffesor Alex,
First,your presentation is clear that is okey, so please accept my gratitude and thanks.
Second, it is incomplete. You have even not done correct translation. Two additional sentences about other subjective mode situations will make your presentation better.

MKJMKJ

what are those??

ManikantaNvsr

excenlent job Alex ;go on! i’ve got 90%

hassan8

This is the first time to take your lesson. This lesson was really helpful! And I’d never known this grammar. Thank you for teaching!

Moiche

thank u.it was useful for me :)

alaleh

Ok, 100 %. Thanks Alex.

alpido24

100% without looking at screen, I’m sure.

moezbesbes

Oh, I love this lesson.
Thank you, Alex.

Koichi

Respect Teacher,

Thank for teaching me. On this quiz i got 10 out of 10.

Mam Puth Barmey

10 out of 10 – nice :-)

lukaszw

one of my English teachers said we use basic verb in the subjunctive sentence because ‘should’ is omitted.
“it’s important that he (should) be on time”
I think It makes sense. I’m not sure though..

brownieforme

Thanks Mr.Alex. Much appreciated!

karokhBapir

Thanks, Alex. I really enjoyed it.

buttercupcuppycake

thank you
terima kasih

Christin Mella

Great, now Iunderstood, when my teacher explained I did not undestand, now It is clear.
Thanks.

irvingdiaz

It’s important that I watch this video again
I don’t know this structure at all
Thanks a lot Alex

Manolya

Shiva had also decreed that karthik would set up new home.
In this sentence , would set up is used
sir,you didnt mention at all only simple verb form.
i want get clarified sir

ManikantaNvsr

Hi Alex, thanks for teaching
I have question guys, what is “Wh- as subjunction words”
like: A birthday party
is a party in which ( where ) a person is given gifts and a cake.

A surprise party is a party about which the guest of honor knows nothing.
A Surprise party is a party
(which) the guest of honor knows nothing about the party.
?? thank you.

pedram.taotani

Got 100%. Thanks!

Precious Gee

Thanks

Fatehy Hamed

I liked it! Thanks.
I would like you to upload some Syntactic explanations or maybe trees. I am studying to be an English teacher and in Grammar I (Subject) those things are nessesary.
Thanks a lot, hope you take it in account,
Melany.

MelanyIvana

10 out of 10.Very good lesson.Thank you very much.

Vivimi

It seemed to me so difficult,now it’s quite clear!)Thak u very much.

Katerina.ya

I got 10 out of 10,,,,,so I suggested that you keep follow Alex.
thank you .

habahbeh

Great!!!! Now I understand… when I read it … it sounds difficult but now its clearly! Tks Alex.

fabio.bertini

I got 10 correct out of 10

ratha.yi

Many thanks for this helpful lesson,,, greetings from Armenia!!!

Mary

Dear Alex,
Many thanks for such important lesson. However, I have a question. Why not to use the word “should” before the subjunctive?

Sincerely,

Ahmad,

AhmadMahmud

I finally understood it !

Thank you

son199

It’s a nice lesson. Thank you Alex. But I still do not clear about the sentence “It’s important that he come on time”. Could you pls explain it more deeply and give me more examples about this? Thanks a lot. I look forward to your early reply.

Julia1224

Thanks again alex, again i got 100% on my third test in your video lesssons, i am so glad that i joined your class, feeling so happy,

sridharnarayanan

Thanks a lot, i think this web really help me to improve my english?

lind21

great！ great~

keshistyles

Good lesson.Thanks.:)

zigmund

Thanks Alex!

Alex-1956

I really wonder whether the answer at 2nd question could be “I rested” as well or not. Likewise, could the answer at 3rd question be “his assistant left”? Also, for 4th “she joins”? If someone answers, I will be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Loves :D

ayseasd123

Glad I found this lesson!

Ilovelearningenglish

Thanks for your lecture. Yang from Korea(of course, it’s South)

freetruman

Thanks teacher,awesome Explanation

LUCKY@9980

this is really helpful…thanks Alex…9 out of 10 score.

ezjeril

Thank’s a lot Alex…10/10 score.

ezjeril

Thank’s a lot for this lesson Mr.Alex.
Score:10/10
Daksh Menon, from Dubai

Dksh105

Hello. I am from Havana Cuba and I am an english teacher. I would like to know if I can use the word suppose in the past perfect subjunctive and present subjunctive. I know it can be used in past subjunctive. Give me examples. Thank you

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Alenrry 75

Thank you Alex!

jorgesanchez61

10/10 thank u teacher

imad messaoudi

I watched this video twice on June 13, 2021, and took the quiz after watching it once. I got ten correct out of 10.

ergn

At the summit of my ignorance when i read some sentences like those above i just thought “God thia text is wrong.” Good Lesson!

MagicMoon0202

1o/1o
well done,Alex
Greetings from Kazakhstan o8 Dec2o21:)

Jannyl

Thanks Alex.

Vaishakh

Thank you such a great explanation!

Aysel1991

Hello! Teacher, Alex. My grammar is much better since I have always listened to your explanations. Advanced English grammar is easy after watching your videos. By the way, I got your book about phrasal verbs. It has been invaluable for my English progress as well.

Quizhpe Julio

The best one!

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