Recast each of the following sentences in at least two of the ways shown above:
1. They wished to finish the work so they stayed till six o'clock.
2. John hoped to arrive before the others so he started early.
3. He saw that the cars were not running so he walked so he would be on time.
4. They needed some gasoline so they had to stop at a garage.
5. He wished to make a tool chest so he bought some lumber.
6. They saw that he liked to read so they gave him several books.
7. She wished to make a good appearance at the party so she bought a new dress.
9. We were afraid that we'd be late so we ran.
10. The campers thought they'd like a fire so they gathered a quantity of dry leaves and wood.
11. I was very tired when I reached home so I couldn't go to the lecture.
12. The work was difficult so it took three hours to finish it.
13. The clock needed repairing so he took it to a jeweler's.
14. The coat did not fit so she sent it back.
15. She didn't know where to take the train so she asked a policeman.
Mode is the form of the verb that indicates the manner of expressing the thought. The _modes_, or _moods_, that every one should be able to distinguish are the _indicative_ and the _subjunctive_. If the verb indicates a fact, we say it is in the indicative mode; if it expresses a supposition, a doubt, a statement contrary to fact, or a wish, we say it is in the subjunctive mode.
I wish I _were_ good. (Contrary to fact, a wish--subjunctive.)
In form the indicative and the subjunctive differ in the present and the past tenses of the verb _to be_, as follows:
_Present_ _Past_ I am We are I was We were You are You are You were You were He is They are He was They were
_Present_ _Past_ If I be If we be If I were If we were If you be If you be If you were If you were If he be If they be If he were If they were
Other verbs in the subjunctive mode do not end in _s_ in the third person singular number, but use the same form as the other persons in the singular number; as, _if he go_, _if she walk_.
_If_, _though_, _although_, or _lest_ usually introduce the subjunctive form.
In modern English, the use of the subjunctive is becoming rare except in the past and past perfect tenses in statements contrary to fact, and in wishes, which are really statements contrary to fact; as,