Thanks to visit codestin.com
Credit goes to www.scribd.com

Scribd
Upload
2K views1 page

Subjunctive and Preference

The document discusses the subjunctive mood and preferences in English. It explains that the subjunctive mood is used to express wishes, desires, or imagined situations that are different from facts. There are two forms of subjunctive: present and past. It then provides examples of each. The document also discusses how to express preferences using structures like "prefer...to...", "like...better than...", and "would rather...than...". It gives examples of preferences expressed between nouns and between verbs.

Uploaded by

agnes
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
2K views1 page

Subjunctive and Preference

The document discusses the subjunctive mood and preferences in English. It explains that the subjunctive mood is used to express wishes, desires, or imagined situations that are different from facts. There are two forms of subjunctive: present and past. It then provides examples of each. The document also discusses how to express preferences using structures like "prefer...to...", "like...better than...", and "would rather...than...". It gives examples of preferences expressed between nouns and between verbs.

Uploaded by

agnes
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

Subjunctive and Preference

1. Soal Subjunctive
Subjunctive digunakan untuk menyatakan suatu keinginan atau keadaan yang tak terpenuhi atau untuk
menyatakan situasi yang bertentangan dengan fakta. Ada dua bentuk subjunctive, yaitu present
subjunctive dan past subjunctive.
Beberapa kata yang menunjukkan subjunctive yaitu: wish, if only, would rather, as if, as though, suppose,
atau would rather.

A. Present Subjunctive
Kata kerja yang digunakan dalam bentuk present subjunctive adalah kata kerja ke-2, sedang to be yang
digunakan adalah were untuk semua subjek.

 I wish I knew his address now.


= I am sorry I don’t know his address now.
 I wish I were happy now.
= I am sorry I am not happy now.

B. Past Subjunctive
Sedangkan wish + (that) subject dalam bentuk past perfect digunakan untuk past subjunctive.

 I wish (that) I hadn’t spent much money.


= I was sorry I spent much money.
 I wish I had been rich.
= I was sorry I wasn’t rich.

Contoh-contoh kalimat subjunctive


1. He is sitting quietly as if he were exhausted.
2. If only he had eaten many apples yesterday.
3. I would rather you came back now.
4. Suppose I got there early.
5. He laughs loudly as though nothing happened.
6. I wish I could speak English well.

2. Soal Preference (Pilihan)

Sedangkan Preference adalah ungkapan untuk menyatakan pilihan atau kesukaan. Biasanya dinyatakan
dalam struktur kalimat-kalimat berikut.

 prefer ........to........
 like .......better than........
 would rather......... than......
 would prefer........rather than.......

Jika pilihannya kata benda:


 I prefer apples to oranges.
 I like apples better than oranges.
 I would rather have apples than oranges.
 I would prefer tea rather than coffee.

Jika pilihannya kata kerja:


 I prefer dancing to singing.
 I like dancing better than singing.
 I would rather dance than sing.
 I would prefer to dance rather than sing.

You might also like