SUBJUNCTIVE

1. Subjunctive adalah kata kerja yang di gunakan untuk mengekspresikan sesuatu yang tidak ada
atau tidak terjadi, dapat berupa conditional (pengandaian), wish (harapan), as if / as though (yang
berbeda dengan kenyataan), requirements (kebutuhan), dan suggestion (saran).
2. Kata-kata yang digunakan dalam subjunctive adalah “wish” (menginginkan/ mengharapkan), “as
if/ as though”(seolah-olah), “would rather” (lebih suka), “if only” (seandainya/ jika saja).

Rumus:

1. Future Subjunctive
Future Subjunctive digunakan sebagai kalimat pengandaian yang mengacu pada masa yang
akan datang, jadi faktanya juga dalam bentuk Simple Future Tense.
 Wish → Subject (1) + wish + Subject (2) + Could / Would + Verb 1
Fact: Future Tense
Contoh:
I wish you would come to the party tonight.
Artinya: Saya berharap kamu akan datang ke pesta nanti malam.
Faktanya:
He will not come to the party tonight
2. Present Subjunctive
Present Subjunctive digunakan sebagai kalimat pengandaian yang mengacu pada masa
sekarang, jadi faktanya juga dalam bentuk Simple Present Tense.
A. Wish  Subject (1) + wish + Subject (2) + Verb 2 / were
Fact: Simple Present
Contoh:
I wish you visited me.
Artinya: Saya berharap kamu mengunjungi saya.
Faktanya:
You don’t visit me.
B. As if /As though  Subject (1) + Verb 1 + as if + Subject (2) + Verb2 / were
Fact: Simple Present
Contoh:
The girl dresses as if it were summer now.
Artinya: Perempuan itu berpakaian seolah-olah sekarang musim panas.
Faktanya:
it is not summer now.
C. Would rather  Subject (1) + would rather + Subject (2) + Verb 2 / were
Fact: Simple Present
Contoh:
Shelly would rather he told the truth.
Artinya: Shelly lebih suka dia mengatakan yang sebenarnya.
Faktanya:
He doesn’t tell the truth.
D. If only  If only + Subject + Verb 2
Fact: Simple Present
Contoh:
If only she knew.
Artinya: Seandainya dia tau.
Faktanya:
She doesn’t know.
 3. Past Subjunctive
Past Subjunctive digunakan sebagai kalimat pengandaian yang mengacu pada masa
lampau, jadi faktanya juga dalam bentuk Simple Past Tense.
A. Wish  Subject (1) + wished + Subject (2) + Had + Verb 3 / been
Fact: Simple Past Tense
Contoh:
She wished (that) she had had more time last night.
Artinya: Dia berharap bahwa dia punya waktu lebih kemarin malam.
Faktanya:
She didn’t have more time last night.
B. As if /As though  Subject (1) + Verb 2 + as if + Had + Verb 3 / been
Fact: Simple Past Tense
Contoh:
Jepri looked as though he had seen a ghost.
Artinya: Jeff terlihat seolah-olah dia telah melihat hantu.
Faktanya:
He didn’t see a ghost.
C. Would rather  Subject (1) + would rather + Subject 2 + Had + Verb 3 / been
Fact: Simple Past Tense
Contoh:
I would rather he had been here.
Artinya: Saya lebih suka dia sudah berada disini.
Faktanya:
He was not here.
D. If only  If only + Subject + Had + Verb 3 / been
Fact: Simple Past Tense
Contoh:
If only Rachel had not been at home last night
Artinya: Seandainya Rachel sudah tidak ada ditumah kemarin malam.
Faktanya:
Rachel was at home last night.

LATIHAN SOAL :

1. I wish I …………. to retake my exams. 4. I wish another more effective teaching

a. Do not have method ……… used.
b. Will not have a. Is
c. Am about b. Was
d. Did not have c. Were
2. The spacemen felt as if he …………. in a d. Has been
paradise. 5. She wishes she …………… a fairy now.
a. Had been a. Was
b. Falls b. Were
c. Fall c. Is
d. Has fallen d. Are
3. He afflicted mother felt as though she
……… on the verge of dying.
a. Has been
b. Had been
c. Were
d. Was