Subjunctive - Conditional - Past Future Modality

ENRICHED MATERIAL FOR XII GRADE
[a hopeless hope]


PAST FUTURE

INDICATE AN ACTIVITY WHICH CANNOT BE DONE OR CONDITION WHICH DID NOT COME TRUE IN THE PAST


USE OF PAST MODALS : WOULD, COULD, SHOULD, MIGHT,

USE VERB : HAVE


I WOULD HAVE VISITED BALI means I did not visit Bali

I MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIRECTOR means I was not a director

JANE SHOULD HAVE FINISHED HER STUDY means She did not finish her study

MILLA COULD HAVE ATTENDED HER INAUGURATION PARTY means Milla did not attend the party

WOULD HAVE INDICATE UNATTENDED PLAN ( PLANNING TO DO, BUT WERE NOT DONE)

COULD HAVE INDICATE UNATTENDED ABILITY (ABLE TO DO, BUT WERE NOT DONE)

SHOULD HAVE INDICATE CONTRARY SUGGESTION (SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT WERE NOT DONE)

MIGHT HAVE INDICATE CONTRARY RESULT (ALLOWED TO DO, BUT WERE NOT DONE)


[ a never coming dream ]

PAST FUTURE IN “CONDITIONAL CLAUSE” IF , “SUBJUNCTIVE” IF ONLY, WISH, AS IF/AS THOUGH

IF I HAD JOINED IN THE COMPANY, I WOULD HAVE BEEN A MANAGER.

IN FACT:

             I WAS NOT A MANAGER BECAUSE I DID NOT JOIN THE COMPANY

SHE WISHED SHE COULD HAVE MET HER MATE FOR THE LAST TIME

IN FACT:

              SHE DID NOT MEET HER MATE FOR THE LAST TIME

IF ONLY JAMES HAD NOT BROKEN UP, HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A RICH MAN.

IN FACT:

             JAMES BROKE UP, SO HE WAS NOT A RICH MAN


[ Whispering WISH < Expectation > ]


She wishes she could meet her mate for the last time.
[ present ]          [ past ]

In fact : She does not meet her mate ….
                       [ present]

She wished she could have met her mate for the last time.

[ past ]                              [past future]

In fact : She did not meet her mate ….
                            [ past ]

An imagery action or imaginary existence usually happen when someone expectation cannot be fulfilled.


Sally expected to be a doctor when she was 17 years old. But she enrolled university majoring history. In this case, we can say :


Sally wished she were a doctor

Sally acts as if she were a doctor, but she……

If only she were a doctor, Sally could practice medical treatment. In fact ……..


MAKE A WISH [hopeful hope]


A wish for future may come true if we can “pave the way” to our hope. “Wish to be smart, study hard!”

[ idiom : blazing the way / breaking through / merintis ]

She wishes she can enter UNPAD for Accounting.


DREAM MAY COME TRUE …….WORK AND PRAY

I wish you the best…

May God bless you…!


By Mr.Dik



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What do these sentences mean?

   1. Jimmy could have finished his study at the college this year.
   2. John would have been assigned to be the leader if he had passed the qualification.
   3. John was not assigned to the leader because he didn’t pass the qualification.
   4. Jane acted as if she were an actress
   5. James should have completed the requirement if only he had not failed in one of them.
   6. Had I told you the truth, you would have believed me


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