[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-e042-7d32-be19-d1e8f3004876":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-01a0e1ab-d61b-7161-8c0a-c5eded00cf86":297},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":296},"01a0e1ab-e042-7d32-be19-d1e8f3004876","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F01a0e1ab-d61b-7161-8c0a-c5eded00cf86","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.","Mandative Subjunctive: Forms and Meaning","Practise the mandative subjunctive with gap-fill sentences about workplace requests, public services and advice, contrasting forms, meanings and register.",0,"word_select",[13,35,53,71,90,109,128,147,166,184,201,220,239,258,277],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":16,"exampleSentence":17,"blanks":18},"01a0e1ab-e043-703b-839c-5211b611e7db","Use the mandative subjunctive: The supervisor recommends that the new assistant __1__ each delivery before signing for it.","The requested subjunctive uses the base form check after recommends that, even with the singular subject the new assistant. It takes neither -s nor to. Indicative usage exists in some British contexts, but it is not the construction requested here.","The coach urges that each player bring a spare shirt.",[19],{"id":20,"blankNumber":21,"options":22},"01a0e1ab-e042-7f7e-be19-d1e8f4cf4e92",1,[23,27,31],{"id":24,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e042-7ede-be19-d1e8f3fce1c5","checks",false,{"id":28,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e042-7f2a-be19-d1e8f4285888","check",true,{"id":32,"optionText":33,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e042-7f56-be19-d1e8f49d9683","to check",2,{"id":36,"sentenceTemplate":37,"displayOrder":21,"explanation":38,"exampleSentence":39,"blanks":40},"01a0e1ab-e043-7157-839c-5211b95b4ae9","Use the mandative subjunctive: It is vital that both emergency exits __1__ accessible throughout the performance.","The necessity expressed by vital takes subjunctive be for every subject, including both emergency exits. Are and were are indicative forms, not the requested subjunctive.","Our request is that a trained nurse be available overnight.",[41],{"id":42,"blankNumber":21,"options":43},"01a0e1ab-e043-7107-839c-5211b896e807",[44,47,50],{"id":45,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-709f-839c-5211b6e55092","are",{"id":48,"optionText":49,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-70c3-839c-5211b7d54d22","were",{"id":51,"optionText":52,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-70e7-839c-5211b7d8b03f","be",{"id":54,"sentenceTemplate":55,"displayOrder":34,"explanation":56,"exampleSentence":57,"blanks":58},"01a0e1ab-e043-723f-839c-5211bc9bc079","Use a negative mandative subjunctive: The mediator requests that the witnesses __1__ the case with one another.","A negative subjunctive places not directly before the base form: not discuss. The explicit construction excludes indicative do not discuss, and a that-clause does not take not to discuss here.","It is essential that we not interrupt the recording.",[59],{"id":60,"blankNumber":21,"options":61},"01a0e1ab-e043-7207-839c-5211bbfd2147",[62,65,68],{"id":63,"optionText":64,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-71a3-839c-5211b9ee9704","not discuss",{"id":66,"optionText":67,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-71c3-839c-5211ba52d904","do not discuss",{"id":69,"optionText":70,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-71e7-839c-5211bb08d611","not to discuss",{"id":72,"sentenceTemplate":73,"displayOrder":74,"explanation":75,"exampleSentence":76,"blanks":77},"01a0e1ab-e043-731f-839c-5211be65482c","Use the passive mandative subjunctive: The tenants’ proposal is that the broken lift __1__ before winter.",3,"The noun proposal introduces a desired action. The lift receives that action, so the passive subjunctive requires be plus the past participle repaired. Be repairing makes the lift the agent; being repaired cannot serve as the clause verb.","The curator recommended that the painting be moved upstairs.",[78],{"id":79,"blankNumber":21,"options":80},"01a0e1ab-e043-72e7-839c-5211be1f7ab2",[81,84,87],{"id":82,"optionText":83,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-7283-839c-5211bd504c4f","be repairing",{"id":85,"optionText":86,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-72a7-839c-5211bd8fd446","be repaired",{"id":88,"optionText":89,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-72c7-839c-5211bdec3006","being repaired",{"id":91,"sentenceTemplate":92,"displayOrder":93,"explanation":94,"exampleSentence":95,"blanks":96},"01a0e1ab-e043-7417-839c-5211c047a414","Use the negative passive subjunctive: The applicant requests that her home address __1__ in the public report.",4,"The address receives the action, and the request prohibits its inclusion. The negative passive subjunctive is not + be + past participle. Include is not a past participle, and being cannot replace the base form be.","It is imperative that these files not be deleted during the update.",[97],{"id":98,"blankNumber":21,"options":99},"01a0e1ab-e043-73df-839c-5211bf659215",[100,103,106],{"id":101,"optionText":102,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-7377-839c-5211bf0947cc","be not include",{"id":104,"optionText":105,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-739f-839c-5211bf33e5f7","not being included",{"id":107,"optionText":108,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-73bf-839c-5211bf4ccd79","not be included",{"id":110,"sentenceTemplate":111,"displayOrder":112,"explanation":113,"exampleSentence":114,"blanks":115},"01a0e1ab-e043-74f7-839c-5211c2b4e73b","Use the mandative subjunctive: Last Friday, the adviser recommended that Leo __1__ his application next month.",5,"The past reporting verb recommended does not backshift the subjunctive: submit remains a base form. Next month supplies the future time reference. Submits is not subjunctive either.","At yesterday’s meeting, we proposed that the exhibition open in July.",[116],{"id":117,"blankNumber":21,"options":118},"01a0e1ab-e043-74bf-839c-5211c202fcf5",[119,122,125],{"id":120,"optionText":121,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-745b-839c-5211c0e3d0a6","submit",{"id":123,"optionText":124,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-747f-839c-5211c0ffe366","submitted",{"id":126,"optionText":127,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-749f-839c-5211c1fa90be","submits",{"id":129,"sentenceTemplate":130,"displayOrder":131,"explanation":132,"exampleSentence":133,"blanks":134},"01a0e1ab-e043-75e3-839c-5211c41c4095","Complete the ordinary object-plus-infinitive pattern: The organiser wants the photographer __1__ before the guests arrive.",6,"Want normally takes an object followed by a to-infinitive: wants the photographer to arrive. It does not use the bare mandative pattern of recommend or demand.","I want the supplier to confirm the price in writing.",[135],{"id":136,"blankNumber":21,"options":137},"01a0e1ab-e043-75ab-839c-5211c418d63d",[138,141,144],{"id":139,"optionText":140,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-7547-839c-5211c35dc779","arrive",{"id":142,"optionText":143,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-756b-839c-5211c36694f6","to arrive",{"id":145,"optionText":146,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-758b-839c-5211c375ef05","arrives",{"id":148,"sentenceTemplate":149,"displayOrder":150,"explanation":151,"exampleSentence":152,"blanks":153},"01a0e1ab-e043-76b7-839c-5211c75a2b8b","Use the mandative subjunctive, with that omitted: The tutor suggests Nina __1__ her conclusion before adding more examples.",7,"That can be omitted after a verb such as suggest without changing the subjunctive base form revise. Revises is not the requested construction, and to revise cannot follow the subject Nina in this clause.","I recommend you be ready for questions after the presentation.",[154],{"id":155,"blankNumber":21,"options":156},"01a0e1ab-e043-7683-839c-5211c6d1ae92",[157,160,163],{"id":158,"optionText":159,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-7627-839c-5211c4e8abd2","revises",{"id":161,"optionText":162,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-7647-839c-5211c53fbca6","to revise",{"id":164,"optionText":165,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-7667-839c-5211c63895b6","revise",{"id":167,"sentenceTemplate":168,"displayOrder":169,"explanation":170,"exampleSentence":171,"blanks":172},"01a0e1ab-e043-778f-839c-5211c9658793","The clerk is asserting a past fact, not issuing a demand: Despite the missing receipt, she insisted that the customer __1__ at the desk the previous afternoon.",8,"Asserting a past fact and the previous afternoon identify insist as a firm assertion. Was reports the claimed presence. Be and should be would instead present presence as required or expected, not assert this past fact.","The driver insisted that the road was already closed when he arrived.",[173],{"id":174,"blankNumber":21,"options":175},"01a0e1ab-e043-775b-839c-5211c89080aa",[176,179,181],{"id":177,"optionText":178,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-76fb-839c-5211c7932066","was",{"id":180,"optionText":52,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-771b-839c-5211c852ecc1",{"id":182,"optionText":183,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-773b-839c-5211c8587d56","should be",{"id":185,"sentenceTemplate":186,"displayOrder":187,"explanation":188,"exampleSentence":189,"blanks":190},"01a0e1ab-e043-7867-839c-5211cb463f04","The figures are evidence of an existing problem, not advice: The latest readings suggest that the freezer __1__ too warm.",9,"Readings provide evidence, and the context explicitly identifies an existing problem. Suggest therefore introduces an indicative conclusion: is too warm. Be and should be do not state that evidential conclusion here.","The empty shelves suggest that the shop needs another delivery.",[191],{"id":192,"blankNumber":21,"options":193},"01a0e1ab-e043-7833-839c-5211cb23e52d",[194,196,199],{"id":195,"optionText":52,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-77d3-839c-5211c97fdc73",{"id":197,"optionText":198,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-77f7-839c-5211c992e1cf","is",{"id":200,"optionText":183,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-7813-839c-5211ca625cf4",{"id":202,"sentenceTemplate":203,"displayOrder":204,"explanation":205,"exampleSentence":206,"blanks":207},"01a0e1ab-e043-794f-839c-5211ce1fbb28","Evaluate an established fact, rather than recommend a change: The archive already has a working backup, and it is important that it __1__ one because the records cannot be replaced.",10,"Already has a working backup establishes the fact being evaluated. Indicative has preserves that reading. Have and should have would frame possession as a requirement instead, contrary to the stated task.","The residents are represented on the board; it is important that they are represented when funding is discussed.",[208],{"id":209,"blankNumber":21,"options":210},"01a0e1ab-e043-7913-839c-5211cd297091",[211,214,217],{"id":212,"optionText":213,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-78ab-839c-5211cc394a1e","have",{"id":215,"optionText":216,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-78d7-839c-5211cc516c21","should have",{"id":218,"optionText":219,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-78f7-839c-5211cc645190","has",{"id":221,"sentenceTemplate":222,"displayOrder":223,"explanation":224,"exampleSentence":225,"blanks":226},"01a0e1ab-e043-7a23-839c-5211d0fda962","Use a mandative should-clause: The union demanded that the company __1__ the missing wages immediately.",11,"Mandative should takes the base form pay, without -s or to. The trigger demanded still expresses a demand: should does not make payment optional.","The inspector demanded that the owner should replace the damaged lock.",[227],{"id":228,"blankNumber":21,"options":229},"01a0e1ab-e043-79ef-839c-5211d0ba0274",[230,233,236],{"id":231,"optionText":232,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-798f-839c-5211ce3e6706","should pay",{"id":234,"optionText":235,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-79b3-839c-5211cf3c73c0","should pays",{"id":237,"optionText":238,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-79cf-839c-5211cfbd0019","should to pay",{"id":240,"sentenceTemplate":241,"displayOrder":242,"explanation":243,"exampleSentence":244,"blanks":245},"01a0e1ab-e043-7aff-839c-5211d4b2c029","Use a negative passive should-clause: The researcher requested that the interview recordings __1__ outside the project team.",12,"After should not, the passive requires base-form be followed by shared. Being is not a base form; be sharing would make the recordings perform the action rather than receive it.","The lawyer advised that the signed agreement should not be altered.",[246],{"id":247,"blankNumber":21,"options":248},"01a0e1ab-e043-7ac7-839c-5211d4145b8c",[249,252,255],{"id":250,"optionText":251,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-7a63-839c-5211d1951292","should not being shared",{"id":253,"optionText":254,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-7a8b-839c-5211d22af4f8","should not be shared",{"id":256,"optionText":257,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-7aab-839c-5211d3255b61","should not be sharing",{"id":259,"sentenceTemplate":260,"displayOrder":261,"explanation":262,"exampleSentence":263,"blanks":264},"01a0e1ab-e043-7bd3-839c-5211d7a88cd3","Choose the accurate usage summary: In British English, the mandative subjunctive is __1__.",13,"British English accepts the subjunctive, especially in formal, institutional and professional writing. Should is a common alternative, not a correction; some less formal mandative contexts also permit indicative forms, with acceptance varying by trigger, context and speaker. American English uses the subjunctive widely and also permits should.","A British committee can formally write: We request that the venue provide wheelchair access.",[265],{"id":266,"blankNumber":21,"options":267},"01a0e1ab-e043-7b9b-839c-5211d71a9418",[268,271,274],{"id":269,"optionText":270,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-7b3f-839c-5211d562fb7b","incorrect whenever a should-clause is possible",{"id":272,"optionText":273,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-7b5f-839c-5211d5e2b04e","obligatory in all informal recommendations",{"id":275,"optionText":276,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-7b7f-839c-5211d6625a9f","standard, especially in formal and professional contexts",{"id":278,"sentenceTemplate":279,"displayOrder":280,"explanation":281,"exampleSentence":282,"blanks":283},"01a0e1ab-e043-7cb3-839c-5211da98040e","Consider only what this sentence establishes: The council recommended that the library extend its opening hours. It reports __1__.",14,"Recommended that introduces a desirable action, not evidence of compliance or refusal. Nothing in the sentence establishes whether the library changed its hours.","The passengers requested that another bus be sent, but no replacement arrived.",[284],{"id":285,"blankNumber":21,"options":286},"01a0e1ab-e043-7c7f-839c-5211da16e0ec",[287,290,293],{"id":288,"optionText":289,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-e043-7c17-839c-5211d83e1d0c","a proposed change, without confirming that it happened",{"id":291,"optionText":292,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-e043-7c37-839c-5211d8c8e26b","a completed change that the council has verified",{"id":294,"optionText":295,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-e043-7c5f-839c-5211d9ae4218","a proposed change that the library has definitely rejected","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_415738e9-6155-4ee5-ac47-a772d6406c98_hero.webp?v=1790492532",{"title":298,"slug":299,"language":300,"level":301},"The Subjunctive in Demands and Recommendations","the-subjunctive-in-demands-and-recommendations","en","C1"]