Question 1
Use the mandative subjunctive: The supervisor recommends that the new assistant _____ each delivery before signing for it.
Options: checks, check, to check
Fill in the blank
The Subjunctive in Demands and Recommendations —
Forms in Context.
Choose the option that fits the meaning and construction specified in each context. Where the subjunctive is requested, use that construction rather than an indicative or should alternative.
0 / 15 blanks filled0%
Question 2
Use the mandative subjunctive: It is vital that both emergency exits _____ accessible throughout the performance.
Options: are, were, be
Question 3
Use a negative mandative subjunctive: The mediator requests that the witnesses _____ the case with one another.
Options: not discuss, do not discuss, not to discuss
Question 4
Use the passive mandative subjunctive: The tenants’ proposal is that the broken lift _____ before winter.
Options: be repairing, be repaired, being repaired
Question 5
Use the negative passive subjunctive: The applicant requests that her home address _____ in the public report.
Options: be not include, not being included, not be included
Question 6
Use the mandative subjunctive: Last Friday, the adviser recommended that Leo _____ his application next month.
Options: submit, submitted, submits
Question 7
Complete the ordinary object-plus-infinitive pattern: The organiser wants the photographer _____ before the guests arrive.
Options: arrive, to arrive, arrives
Question 8
Use the mandative subjunctive, with that omitted: The tutor suggests Nina _____ her conclusion before adding more examples.
Options: revises, to revise, revise
Question 9
The clerk is asserting a past fact, not issuing a demand: Despite the missing receipt, she insisted that the customer _____ at the desk the previous afternoon.
Options: was, be, should be
Question 10
The figures are evidence of an existing problem, not advice: The latest readings suggest that the freezer _____ too warm.
Options: be, is, should be
Question 11
Evaluate an established fact, rather than recommend a change: The archive already has a working backup, and it is important that it _____ one because the records cannot be replaced.
Options: have, should have, has
Question 12
Use a mandative should-clause: The union demanded that the company _____ the missing wages immediately.
Options: should pay, should pays, should to pay
Question 13
Use a negative passive should-clause: The researcher requested that the interview recordings _____ outside the project team.
Options: should not being shared, should not be shared, should not be sharing
Question 14
Choose the accurate usage summary: In British English, the mandative subjunctive is _____.
Options: incorrect whenever a should-clause is possible, obligatory in all informal recommendations, standard, especially in formal and professional contexts
Question 15
Consider only what this sentence establishes: The council recommended that the library extend its opening hours. It reports _____.
Options: a proposed change, without confirming that it happened, a completed change that the council has verified, a proposed change that the library has definitely rejected
Practice The Subjunctive in Demands and Recommendations — Forms in Context with this interactive fill-in-the-blank exercise of 15 questions. Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get detailed feedback on every choice.
Practicing grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using The Subjunctive in Demands and Recommendations — Forms in Context in everyday English.
Looking for more practice? See all exercises for this lesson.