Hi, Adam! Thank you very much for your work. I like your teaching approaches and the way you explain difficult things to us. I've been subscribed to your channel for around 2 years, and since that time I've learned much more grammar rules and words than I did in my whole life being taught by other teachers. Best regards from Moscow😊 thank you once again
Hi Adam, Thanks you so much for the video lesson about Subjunctive Mood. It is now clear in my mind of how and when to use it . After studying English for years, it is now that I have a good explanation of the Subjunctive. Hats off to you . Your are indeed an outstanding English teacher. I wish you all the best. Kind regards, Fazil
I write research papers and never did I realize that I am already applying subjunctive mood to my writing style. However, I need to revisit them to see if I did not commit any mistakes in formulating my sentences. I couldn't be more grateful to you, Adam!
Very well explained. You've packed a lot of material into this short lesson. One side note--in U.S. usage, we'd probably identify that "base verb" as an "infinitive." The infinitive when used as a subjunctive indicates a future condition, so for past and present situations: I wish that I were rich right now. In the future: I wish that I be rich tomorrow.
Great teacher - finally! You speak English really well, both in terms of your ideas, clearly communicating the rules of the road, and in terms of speaking English without a foreign accent from a non-Anglophone country. I have real trouble listening to people from non-Anglophone countries teaching English on the Net, pronouncing words in heavy accents so they are not really correct, and making mistakes of syntax and grammar! The people studying with these teachers often don't realize they are imitating someone who is not truly excellent in English! You ARE. Praise the Gods of Language! Mercury. Saraswati. And others :-)
Hi, I am from Mexico. So one day I analyzed the phrase "god bless you" then I said: god is third person so I searched and I found this topic "subjuntive" and this explanation is awesome
I've watched these types of videos so many times and read about this grammar point in order to master it because it's pretty hard to recognize and memorize it overnight. I've noticed though that as I brush up on my English classes every day, I keep them in mind for longest. Maybe I make one or two mistakes when talking, but undoubtedly my english is looking up, otherwise I wouldn't be able to write this way, I couldn't watch videos on youtube either. In addition your classes have been extremely useful for me.
Your videos (in both Engvid & Writetotop channels) are the best among the English learning youtubes. I have also one suggestion: you can make some videos on the Celpip Test speaking/writing. Specially, good tips for the Celpip test speaking section would be very useful since I have not seen similar videos for the Celpip in the youtube. tnx
This video was useful for me when I decided to write my first academic essay. But I also know that on nerdymates you can find help. IELTS is very important if you want to travel abroad or prove that you have a high level of English. I managed to pass it recently so I know what are you talking about. Just try to look for online advices and it will help you in your academic future
Hello Adam, You are one of the finest teachers that I have come across on RUclips. This is an excellent video on subjunctive grammar usage which I was looking for a long time . Thank you so much for helping me clear my doubts through such an organised and comprehensive video. I have no words to describe my joy after discovering this yet I will try .Thanks a million for doing such a great job here and sharing your knowledge with us. It means a lot to people like me who is always trying to get better in English speaking. You rock!! :)
Thank you very much for the lesson. Please try to publish more lessons like this, those are about grammatical structures of sentences as there are very limited number of online resources available to learn something like this.
Hey Adam i've been studying English for a while on my own, although it is not easy i've improved my skills and many of your videos have helped me a lot, i do not usually suscribe to a youtube chanel as some times i get too many information and it makes me feel anxious hahah but i will subscribe to your chanel because i really like your videos and the way to teach lessons :D REGARDS from Mexico
first time someone made such a great and comprehensive video on this topic. i subscribed u instantly after watching this video bcoz i am in canada and watching your videos will help me understand the canadian english in a better way. i want you do make us learn some slang also which is the major part of canadian society and i say u came back with a bang. keep it up.
your videos are the best among all .I have a request .if it is feasible then please make video on usage of been .I mean the usage of has been when it is not passive or repetition .e.g I have been stunned . there have been an accident on the road like this . Thank you Mr Adam.
Hi Adam, great lesson. Plus I like the handwritten notes is replaced by typed notes. Ver neat! Thank you so much! Please teach us some lessons how to read news. Many phrases and words that show up in news seem to carry certain meanings.
thank you! Your explanation is clear enough for me to understand the structure and find it easier to write some sentences with subjunctive mood by myself. :))
Excellent explanation, I never knew why I had to use were in the IF HYPOTHETICAL situation, now I know. I just got confused with the indicative verbs because in the last example you used a different verb from the list, is the easier way to identify the third situation through "IT IS" or "VERBS"? Thanks
What a fascinating lecture it is! Sir Thankyou I have one question I would be very thankful if you answer it please Sentence: Nowadays it is insisted by everyone that we should be concern(?) about the inexorable changes in the environment and take steps to improve it; otherwise, we would forever lose our only change of making it better. My doubt is: after "we" structure ( i.e. we should be concern is correct or it would be we should be concern"ed" is "ed" required after concern? Please reply at earliest
Amazing! I was searching for it and it just popped up! Thanks a lot Adam for all your videos here and on your other youtube channels (you probably have noticed the right use of other, I let you find out how I did). I can feel that your work a lot before making those videos, they are clear and concise so, we utterly appreciate your work. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do and have a nice week-end! Frederic I have one question : I asked a friend "Have you gotten dressed?" and he answered me that I had better use the preterit instead: "Did you get dressed?" But the action had occurred one minute before my question. So according to your video on the present perfect, the use of the present perfect, in this specific case, should be fine, shouldn't it? I'm a bit confused...
This was a great lesson. But I have got some small issues in there the "were" subjunctive. Can you explain more about how that "were" comes first in a sentence? Thank you.
Hi Adam, Many thanks for such important good lesson. As you mentioned, British shall use the word "Should" before the subjunctie. So, the question is, between the American and British slight differences, if the writing or speaking is mixed with both some British and some American grammar, spelling, or words, shall that affects my score or the examiner disregard the English source as long as it is correct? Sincerely, Ahmad,
""Subjunctive vs indicative mood examples I wouldn’t marry him if he were the last man on Earth. [unlikely scenario] If he was right, I didn’t find out until it was too late. [possible scenario]" Very useful,thanks Adam.I came across the explanation above on NET.They make diference between the two-subjunctive and conditionals.Is it that correct and why is used "was"in second sentence? Thanks again.
Hi Wasekostamenov, "I didn’t find out if he was right until it was too late." I rearranged the sentence to give you another view of it. This sentence seems illogical to me. The 'it was too late' part suggests you already found out whether he was right or not, so the 'if' is no longer applicable. It should be written: I didn’t find out that he was right until it was too late. Does this help with your question?
Thank you, but can you please tell be the situation when it is necessary to use subjunctive? I mean when it is wrong to not use subjunctive? And what effect does it create to text.
Impressive lecture sir, Thank you so much I have question please answer that I would be very thankful to you Sentence in your video: Thus, it is important that decision"s"(decisions) not be left to those unqualified to answer them My doubt: y not decision follows the subjunctive mood why it is decision"s" and decision? Please reply and Thankyou so much
14:30 "It is only through hard work and dedication that a person finds success"......... would you please clarify the reason you used tense verb for "finds" although it has followed "it is"?
Although its inherent complexity makes it defiant, subjunctive mood is crucial to express even the simples of ideas. Take the following as an example: "Having waited for this moment his whole life, Napoleon commanded (that) his generals gather the troops and prepare for war; the Battle of Waterloo was just hours away from happening."
my question is why employ does not take S?? thank you anyway Adam Were they to mandate that every school employ a nutritionist to oversee cafeteria as well as conduct healthy eating workshops, this could easily change the reality on the ground and going forward.
Hi Adam. I have been watching your videos for one month and i have improved my english only thanks to you. I would like to ask you one question concerning the subjunctive mood that you analysed in this lesson. if i want to describe a hypothetical situation in the past using the subjunctive mood , instead of saying, for example "if i were in your shoes, i would have done that" ( past simple and present perfect) can i rewrite the first sentence with the past perfect and say "if i had been in your shoes, i would have done that"? Technically the first part of the sentence, with the if conditional plus "were",is not referring to the past. Thanks again for either your efforts and support and have a nice day. Ps: if you will find some errors or mistakes in this comment, i apologize in advance
Hi Adam, I understand that in informal scenarios, the "that" may be omitted and the past/present form of the verb may be used instead of the subjunctive. However, in an exam, can we do that as well? Or is your recommendation to always include "that" and to strictly use the "subjunctive" form of the verb instead of the past/present? E.g. I recommended he delayed seeing a specialist. ("that" is omitted, past tense used instead of the subjunctive)
it is necessary that when a student wants/want, to improve his skills, he joys/joy workshop. what do you think? Mr, Adem. which form of the verb is correct.
4:54 didn't explain it clear...could you elaborate further.. what confusing is “wish” means desire. if someone weren't desired for sth, why would they use wish. Great video thks.
second one: it is necessary that you should do it. it is necessary that you do it. speaking of subjunctive form, is there any meaning difference between those sentences? and is there any quality difference (i mean one is more academic than the other)?
I support you in anything, Adam, please do exist ! I love your really comprehensive and approachable explanations !
Hi, Adam! Thank you very much for your work. I like your teaching approaches and the way you explain difficult things to us. I've been subscribed to your channel for around 2 years, and since that time I've learned much more grammar rules and words than I did in my whole life being taught by other teachers.
Best regards from Moscow😊 thank you once again
Hi Adam,
Thanks you so much for the video lesson about Subjunctive Mood. It is now clear in my mind of how and when to use it . After studying English for years, it is now that I have a good explanation of the Subjunctive. Hats off to you . Your are indeed an outstanding English teacher.
I wish you all the best.
Kind regards,
Fazil
This is the most satisfying explanation I’ve ever been given about the subjunctive mood in English. Excellent job Adam!
I write research papers and never did I realize that I am already applying subjunctive mood to my writing style. However, I need to revisit them to see if I did not commit any mistakes in formulating my sentences. I couldn't be more grateful to you, Adam!
Very well explained. You've packed a lot of material into this short lesson. One side note--in U.S. usage, we'd probably identify that "base verb" as an "infinitive." The infinitive when used as a subjunctive indicates a future condition, so for past and present situations: I wish that I were rich right now. In the future: I wish that I be rich tomorrow.
Great teacher - finally! You speak English really well, both in terms of your ideas, clearly communicating the rules of the road, and in terms of speaking English without a foreign accent from a non-Anglophone country. I have real trouble listening to people from non-Anglophone countries teaching English on the Net, pronouncing words in heavy accents so they are not really correct, and making mistakes of syntax and grammar! The people studying with these teachers often don't realize they are imitating someone who is not truly excellent in English! You ARE. Praise the Gods of Language! Mercury. Saraswati. And others :-)
Hi, I am from Mexico. So one day I analyzed the phrase "god bless you" then I said: god is third person so I searched and I found this topic "subjuntive" and this explanation is awesome
I've watched these types of videos so many times and read about this grammar point in order to master it because it's pretty hard to recognize and memorize it overnight. I've noticed though that as I brush up on my English classes every day, I keep them in mind for longest. Maybe I make one or two mistakes when talking, but undoubtedly my english is looking up, otherwise I wouldn't be able to write this way, I couldn't watch videos on youtube either. In addition your classes have been extremely useful for me.
I have never seen such a skillful presenter like you.
Your videos (in both Engvid & Writetotop channels) are the best among the English learning youtubes. I have also one suggestion: you can make some videos on the Celpip Test speaking/writing.
Specially, good tips for the Celpip test speaking section would be very useful since I have not seen similar videos for the Celpip in the youtube.
tnx
This video was useful for me when I decided to write my first academic essay. But I also know that on nerdymates you can find help. IELTS is very important if you want to travel abroad or prove that you have a high level of English. I managed to pass it recently so I know what are you talking about. Just try to look for online advices and it will help you in your academic future
You are an amazing teacher🌷🌷I wish my professors at my university lecture like your marvelous style.
Hello Adam,
You are one of the finest teachers that I have come across on RUclips. This is an excellent video on subjunctive grammar usage which I was looking for a long time . Thank you so much for helping me clear my doubts through such an organised and comprehensive video. I have no words to describe my joy after discovering this yet I will try .Thanks a million for doing such a great job here and sharing your knowledge with us. It means a lot to people like me who is always trying to get better in English speaking.
You rock!! :)
You’re the best, Adam!
Thanks for all the lessons! You're the best teacher!!!
Had I seen your videos sooner, I would have learned all about it earlier. THE best and teacher.
Thanks sir for this.
More power to your elbow.
I wish Ronnie had another channel apart from Engvid as well! You both are so cool guys!
Thank you very much for the lesson.
Please try to publish more lessons like this, those are about grammatical structures of sentences as there are very limited number of online resources available to learn something like this.
THank you Adam for making all these invaluable lessons available for free.
Adam, you are the greatest teacher on youtube, thanks a lot for your video lessons
Hey Adam i've been studying English for a while on my own, although it is not easy i've improved my skills and many of your videos have helped me a lot, i do not usually suscribe to a youtube chanel as some times i get too many information and it makes me feel anxious hahah but i will subscribe to your chanel because i really like your videos and the way to teach lessons :D REGARDS from Mexico
first time someone made such a great and comprehensive video on this topic. i subscribed u instantly after watching this video bcoz i am in canada and watching your videos will help me understand the canadian english in a better way. i want you do make us learn some slang also which is the major part of canadian society and i say u came back with a bang. keep it up.
It is the best of Adam's Videos.
Hello Adam!thank you very much for this video,because I have been looking for it
Thanks. I am preparing to take the C1 test. I am going to use them in my writing practice.
Excellent. Clear and informative.
your videos are the best among all .I have a request .if it is feasible then please make video on usage of been .I mean the usage of has been when it is not passive or repetition .e.g I have been stunned . there have been an accident on the road like this . Thank you Mr Adam.
Thank you so much for the video, very much appreciated Mr. Adam
Omg, really helpful sir. May god bless you.
thank you!!! Very good explanations and examples
Thanks a bunch for your best lecture.I certainly appreciate your lecture.
I love the subjunctive tense. In French too. The if -inversion is nice. Wish is an unreal hope....great info.
Hi Adam, great lesson. Plus I like the handwritten notes is replaced by typed notes. Ver neat! Thank you so much! Please teach us some lessons how to read news. Many phrases and words that show up in news seem to carry certain meanings.
nice class, I was looking for it.
Simply superb Adam wow.. I have never seen a teacher like you.. great.
thank you! Your explanation is clear enough for me to understand the structure and find it easier to write some sentences with subjunctive mood by myself. :))
You're a great teacher Adam. Thanks for helping us!
Excellent explanation, I never knew why I had to use were in the IF HYPOTHETICAL situation, now I know. I just got confused with the indicative verbs because in the last example you used a different verb from the list, is the easier way to identify the third situation through "IT IS" or "VERBS"? Thanks
Thx Adam you teach so clearly...i can understand fully now
Hi Adam, thank you for your straight method in teaching advance grammar.
thank u for ur obvious explanation, Adam👍
hope to get ur vid notification more often both from this account and learning English with Adam 😊
absolutely easy to understand.
Tough and exquisite grammar, thank you for this great explanation! Surprised I haven't come across this one before.
Things in this video is way more difficult than those in other videos haha, but it's great to learn
Thanks for this video Adam, seeing these sort of adivce isn't commonplace in the internet!
What a fascinating lecture it is! Sir Thankyou
I have one question I would be very thankful if you answer it please
Sentence: Nowadays it is insisted by everyone that we should be concern(?) about the inexorable changes in the environment and take steps to improve it; otherwise, we would forever lose our only change of making it better.
My doubt is: after "we" structure (
i.e.
we should be concern is correct or it would be we should be concern"ed" is "ed" required after concern?
Please reply at earliest
Informative. . .
It will be a good idea that you make a video vis-a-vis summersing a diagram at task 1 of the Ielts exam .
You're a smart teacher Adam. I like you much❤
The best expiation of subjunctive mood. Thank you so much!
Amazing! I was searching for it and it just popped up! Thanks a lot Adam for all your videos here and on your other youtube channels (you probably have noticed the right use of other, I let you find out how I did). I can feel that your work a lot before making those videos, they are clear and concise so, we utterly appreciate your work. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do and have a nice week-end! Frederic
I have one question : I asked a friend "Have you gotten dressed?" and he answered me that I had better use the preterit instead: "Did you get dressed?"
But the action had occurred one minute before my question. So according to your video on the present perfect, the use of the present perfect, in this specific case, should be fine, shouldn't it? I'm a bit confused...
This was a great lesson. But I have got some small issues in there the "were" subjunctive. Can you explain more about how that "were" comes first in a sentence? Thank you.
Great presentation
Excellent explanation...
Hi Adam,
Many thanks for such important good lesson.
As you mentioned, British shall use the word "Should" before the subjunctie. So, the question is, between the American and British slight differences, if the writing or speaking is mixed with both some British and some American grammar, spelling, or words, shall that affects my score or the examiner disregard the English source as long as it is correct?
Sincerely,
Ahmad,
Thanks...
""Subjunctive vs indicative mood examples
I wouldn’t marry him if he were the last man on Earth. [unlikely scenario]
If he was right, I didn’t find out until it was too late. [possible scenario]"
Very useful,thanks Adam.I came across the explanation above on NET.They make diference between the two-subjunctive and conditionals.Is it that correct and why is used "was"in second sentence? Thanks again.
Hi Wasekostamenov,
"I didn’t find out if he was right until it was too late." I rearranged the sentence to give you another view of it.
This sentence seems illogical to me. The 'it was too late' part suggests you already found out whether he was right or not, so the 'if' is no longer applicable. It should be written: I didn’t find out that he was right until it was too late.
Does this help with your question?
So helpful to learn how to teach English!
such a great teacher 👍👏👏
Very useful lesson, thanks a lot Adam. You're amazing
Thanks a lot Adam. Great lesson!
Thank you very much for your nice and fàntastic video .
With lots of love and regards ,
Jayantàda ,
30/11/2022
Awesome explanation
Thank you, but can you please tell be the situation when it is necessary to use subjunctive? I mean when it is wrong to not use subjunctive? And what effect does it create to text.
Impressive lecture sir, Thank you so much
I have question please answer that I would be very thankful to you
Sentence in your video: Thus, it is important that decision"s"(decisions) not be left to those unqualified to answer them
My doubt: y not decision follows the subjunctive mood why it is decision"s" and decision?
Please reply and Thankyou so much
Thank you Sir, i hope God bless you.
Thank you for good lessons.I wish you be successful more and more in your life.always.
14:30 "It is only through hard work and dedication that a person finds success"......... would you please clarify the reason you used tense verb for "finds" although it has followed "it is"?
Thank you for your helpful lesson! I appriciate
such a great teacher
hi Adam, thank u for teaching us very well
I have a question
this is subjunctive?
He paused, afraid lest he say too much.
Stunning
Hello Sir! Thank you for such valuable lessons!!
Thank you so much sir, your explanations are so clear and I can understand very well about this complicated SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. 👍
Very nice thank u Adam.
Although its inherent complexity makes it defiant, subjunctive mood is crucial to express even the simples of ideas.
Take the following as an example:
"Having waited for this moment his whole life, Napoleon commanded (that) his generals gather the troops and prepare for war; the Battle of Waterloo was just hours away from happening."
Thank you so much dear adam🌸🌸🌸🌸
Good day,Sir, can I ask how many types of subjunctive mood like past subjunctive , past present subjunctive, etc?
Very helpful. I wish you were my teacher.
my question is why employ does not take S?? thank you anyway Adam
Were they to mandate that every school employ a nutritionist to oversee cafeteria as well as conduct healthy eating workshops, this could easily change the reality on the ground and going forward.
I love you Adam! ♡
Hello .
Can I say "if need be , we're always willing to help" ?
This is gold
Hi Adam. I have been watching your videos for one month and i have improved my english only thanks to you. I would like to ask you one question concerning the subjunctive mood that you analysed in this lesson. if i want to describe a hypothetical situation in the past using the subjunctive mood , instead of saying, for example "if i were in your shoes, i would have done that" ( past simple and present perfect) can i rewrite the first sentence with the past perfect and say "if i had been in your shoes, i would have done that"? Technically the first part of the sentence, with the if conditional plus "were",is not referring to the past. Thanks again for either your efforts and support and have a nice day.
Ps: if you will find some errors or mistakes in this comment, i apologize in advance
Hi Adam, great lesson! Thanks a lot!
May Allah bless you and your beloved family
Hi Adam,
I understand that in informal scenarios, the "that" may be omitted and the past/present form of the verb may be used instead of the subjunctive. However, in an exam, can we do that as well? Or is your recommendation to always include "that" and to strictly use the "subjunctive" form of the verb instead of the past/present? E.g. I recommended he delayed seeing a specialist. ("that" is omitted, past tense used instead of the subjunctive)
Thank you so much.
it is necessary that when a student wants/want, to improve his skills, he joys/joy workshop. what do you think? Mr, Adem. which form of the verb is correct.
Wants and joys is correct as you subject is third person singular... according to me
Thanks for the awesome lesson
So many thanks Adam.
4:54 didn't explain it clear...could you elaborate further.. what confusing is “wish” means desire. if someone weren't desired for sth, why would they use wish. Great video thks.
In 13:55, you used to mandate that... Employ; however, It's not an indicative verb not adjective? Why its base verb?
That's the type of lesson i would like to have from you.
Thank you.
Thanks a lot.
Fantastic.
second one: it is necessary that you should do it. it is necessary that you do it. speaking of subjunctive form, is there any meaning difference between those sentences? and is there any quality difference (i mean one is more academic than the other)?