The five verb moods

Grade 8 Reading Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Please [be] on time for the bus. Luz reads a sentence from a camp rulebook. What is the mood of the bracketed verb?

   • interrogative
   • subjunctive
   • indicative
   • imperative
2. 2.

   The sign [says] to keep off the grass. Noah reads a sentence from a trail guide. What is the mood of the bracketed verb?

   • imperative
   • indicative
   • subjunctive
   • conditional
3. 3.

   The team practices on Friday. Pia rewrites a sentence for a newsletter. Which sentence asks about the idea in the statement?

   • Does the team practice on Friday?
   • Practice with the team on Friday.
   • The team practiced on Friday.
   • The team would practice on Friday.
4. 4.

   You close the window. Ren rewrites a sentence for a cleanup list. Which sentence turns the statement into a command?

   • You closed the window.
   • Do you close the window?
   • You would close the window.
   • Close the window.
5. 5.

   The lake is closer. Tala rewrites a sentence for a journal. Which sentence turns the statement into a wish that is not true now?

   • I know the lake is closer to us.
   • The lake would be closer.
   • I wish the lake were closer.
   • Is the lake closer?
6. 6.

   The hikers reach the summit. Zee rewrites a sentence for a hiking guide. Which sentence says what would happen, not what does?

   • The hikers would reach the summit.
   • Do the hikers reach the summit?
   • Reach the summit, hikers.
   • The hikers reached the summit.
7. 7.

   If it [were] Saturday, the market would be open. Ari reads a sentence from a class story. What does the bracketed verb show?

   • a pretend case that is not true now
   • a plain fact about the day
   • an order to the reader
   • what would happen next
8. 8.

   We [would paint] the fence if the paint were dry. Bo reads a sentence from a class story. What does the bracketed verb show?

   • an order to the painters
   • what really happened
   • a wish about the paint
   • what would happen under a condition
9. 9.

   The principal insists that the assembly [begin] at nine. Esme reads a sentence from a school bulletin. What does the bracketed verb show?

   • a demand about how things must be
   • a plain fact about the assembly
   • what might happen at the assembly
   • a question about the assembly
10. 10.

    [Bring] a jacket to the hike. Jun reads a sentence from a trip list. What does the bracketed verb show?

    • a question about the jacket
    • a plain fact about the jacket
    • a wish about the jacket
    • a command or request