1. Unit 2: Verb Voice & Verb Mood ELACC8L1c: Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.

2. What is the difference between verb voice and verb mood?

4. Verb Voice Verb voices are either active or passive. Active Voice = The subject performs the action. Example: Ms. Watson makes delicious sweet potato pies. The subject is doing the action.

5. Verb Voice Passive Voice = The subject is acted upon by someone or something else. Example: Some delicious sweet potato pies are made by Ms. Watson. The subject is acted upon by Ms. Watson.

6. Verb Mood Verb mood is the attitude a verb conveys in a sentence. If you change a verb’s mood, the tone of the sentence containing it will change as well. The mood also depends on the sentence’s purpose. There are five different types of verb moods.

7. Indicative Mood It is used to a make a statement. It is the most commonly used mood, and it may be used for many purposes. Example: Dariyan needs to clean his room today.

8. Imperative Mood It is used for commands or direct requests. Imperative sentences do not need to end in exclamation points, but they often do. Writers use this mood when they are trying to create a dramatic effect, or when they are trying to be persuasive. Example: Dariyan, clean your room today!

9. Conditional Mood It expresses an action or idea that is dependent on a condition. Example: If Dariyan had cleaned his room, he could have played outside. This mood sometimes expresses hypothetical statements. Example: “If you ate fruit and vegetables, you’d be healthier.”

10. Interrogative Mood It is used to ask a question. You should always end interrogative sentences with question marks. Example: Have you cleaned your room yet, Dariyan?

11. Subjunctive Mood It is used to speculate or express a wish. Example: Dariyan wishes he were finished cleaning his room. Notice that in the subjunctive example, the sentence uses the plural verb were, even though it refers to a singular subject, Dariyan.

12. Summarizing Activity Dear Teacher Write the teacher a brief letter explaining what you have learned about verb voice and verb moods. Turn in your letter to Ms. Watson for a grade!