Life iS aN Adv3nTure

SUBJUNCTIVE (dicirikan dengan pemakaian kata-kata wish, as if/as tough, would rather, if only) atau kalimat pengandaian, mengacu kepada dua waktu kejadian dan hanya menggunakan dua tense saja, past simple dan past perfect. Kaitan kedua hal ini dapat dilihat dari bagan :

PAST TENSE -------à PRESENT ACTION

PAST PERFECT TENSE ------à PAST ACTION

1. WISH digunakan untuk menyatakan suati situasi yang tidak nyata atau berlawanan dengan kenyataan.

Example :

· She wishes her moter wouls come

· He wishes his friend were here

· Sinta wishes her father had been here

· Andy wishes his brother would have come

· She wished her motherhad been here

· He wished his brother would have come

2. AS IF dan AS THOUGH artimya ‘seolah-olah’.

Example : - He plays as if he were a professional

- She seemed as though she had worked hard

- She talks as if she knew about polities

- She acts as though she walked on the catwalk

3. WOULD RATHER artinya ‘berangan-angan’

Example : - I would rather she were here

- I would rather it had not been holiday yesterday

- I would rather it were not hot

4. IF ONLY mempunyai pengertian ‘seandainya saja…’

Example : - If only I know the answer

- If only I had known the answer.

Contoh lainnya adalah :

- Suppose you were a good friend to me

- It’s time we were here

- Would to God he were good husband to her