Which form of the verb is used in the two sentences below?

Question

Standard English has eight (8) parts of speech. The verb is one of them and it has

five (5) different forms. In the two sentences below, write in the correct form:

1. We are buying a dishwasher. ____________________________
2. How are you installing it? ____________________________

Answer 1

The correct answer is the MOOD form of the verb. The mood form indicates the tone or manner

in which the statement is made. There are three tones:

The Indicative is used to state a fact or to ask a question.

Examples: We are buying a dishwasher. How are you installing it?

The Imperative is used to give a command.

Example: Pick up that hammer! Sit down!

The Subjunctive is were after as though or as if to express doubt or uncertainty.

Examples: He looks as if he were about to faint.

She looks as though she were about to cry.

Use the Subjunctive were to express a condition that is contrary to the fact.

Example: If I were you, I wouldn't go there. (fact--you're not me.)

The Subjunctive is used in "that clauses" which express necessity,

parliamentary motions, or legal decisions:

Examples: I move that twenty dollars be allocated for refreshments.

That permanent custody of the child be awarded to her

adoptive parents was the ruling of the court.

Thus, the two sentences express the Indicative tone in the Mood form.