Past Perfect
Past Continuous
Simple Past
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Present Continuous
Simple Present
Simple Past
Simple Present
Indicative | Subjunctive |
I am | I be |
you are | you be |
he is | he be |
she is | she be |
it is | it be |
we are | we be |
they are | they be |
Indicative | Subjunctive |
I was | I were |
you were | you were |
he was | he were |
she was | she were |
it was | it were |
we were | we were |
they were | they were |
For any verb, the Simple Present Subjunctive is formed from the bare infinitive of the verb.
For any verb except the verb to be, the Simple Past Subjunctive is identical to the Simple Past Indicative.
For all of the past and present tenses conjugated with auxiliaries, the Subjunctive tenses are formed in the same way as the Indicative tenses, except that the Subjunctive of the auxiliaries is used.
Using the example of the verb to work, the following table compares the tenses of the Indicative and Subjunctive Moods. The Subjunctive forms which differ from the corresponding Indicative forms are shown in bold type.
The Indicative and Subjunctive Tenses of the verb to work
Indicative | Subjunctive |
I work | I work |
you work | you work |
he works | he work |
she works | she work |
it works | it work |
we work | we work |
they work | they work |
Indicative | Subjunctive |
I am working | I beworking |
you are working | you beworking |
he is working | he beworking |
she is working | she be working |
it is working | it be working |
we are working | we beworking |
they are working | they be working |
Indicative | Subjunctive |
I have worked | I have worked |
you have worked | you have worked |
he has worked | he haveworked |
she has worked | she haveworked |
it has worked | it haveworked |
we have worked | we have worked |
they have worked | they have worked |
Indicative | Subjunctive |
I have been working | I have been working |
you have been working | you have been working |
he has been working | he havebeen working |
she has been working | she havebeen working |
it has been working | it havebeen working |
we have been working | we have been working |
they have been working | they have been working |
Indicative | Subjunctive |
I worked | I worked |
you worked | you worked |
he worked | he worked |
she worked | she worked |
it worked | it worked |
we worked | we worked |
they worked | they worked |
Indicative | Subjunctive |
I was working | I wereworking |
you were working | you were working |
he was working | he were working |
She was working | she were working |
it was working | it were working |
we were working | we were working |
they were working | they were working |
Indicative | Subjunctive |
I had worked | I had worked |
you had worked | you had worked |
he had worked | he had worked |
she had worked | she had worked |
it had worked | it had worked |
we had worked | we had worked |
they had worked | they had worked |