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