should appear at conditional sentence type I or simple future tense, one student no 20 chooses option D am. He chooses it because she might think
that the predicate or concord of I is am. It is true in simple present but in subjunctive whatever the subject, the predicate is were or had been. And the
last, there are 17 students no 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 29, 30 56
choose can be. This choice has same meaning as will be. Hoping something
happens, it indicates to conditional sentence not subjunctive.
6. Question 9 Present Subjunctive
• The purposes: -
to measure the students’ ability of present subjunctive -
to find out the problems faced by the students • Indicators:
- the students know the pattern of present subjunctive
- the students know the difference between present and past
subjunctive -
the students know the fact sentence of present subjunctive • The item:
“I am sorry I don’t know the answer but I really wish I____. A.
know B.
knew C.
have known D.
will know E.
had known
From table 1 above the writer finds 16 students cannot answer the question correctly. Here the analysis:
The right answer is option B knew. From the data has been gathered, this is what exactly happens. There are 6 students no 1, 8, 13, 14, 17, 25
20 choose option A know, 14 students no 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22 46 choose B knew. It is the true answer because the statement
above is present subjunctive with wish and it means in the fact I don’t know
the answer and I hope to know the answer , 1 student no 26 3 chooses
option C have known, 3 students no 6, 21, 23 10 choose option D will know. This answer should appear in conditional sentence or simple future.
The last, there are 6 students no 2, 16, 24, 27, 28, 29 20 choose option E had known. The answer of were and had known are possible answer but the
item above is present subjunctive, the verb after wish is verb II past tense
but the “had known” is past subjunctive.
7. Question 11 Present Subjunctive
• The purposes: -
to measure the students’ ability of present subjunctive -
to find out the problems faced by the students • Indicators:
- the students know the pattern of present subjunctive
- the students know the difference between present and past
subjunctive -
the students know the fact sentence of present subjunctive • The item:
He wishes it ____a holiday today. A.
be B.
is C.
was D.
were E.
had been From table 1 above the writer finds 27 students cannot answer the
question correctly. Here the analysis: The right answer is option D were. From the data has been gathered,
this is what exactly happens. There are 2 students no 13, 21 6 choose
option A be. It is possible answer also if the writer sees the explanation of J. D Murthy in his book Brush up Your English and the subjunctive from
www.telus.net.linguisticsissuessubjunctive, but as the writer explains that the explanation which he takes is from Faidlal Rahman Ali, SE. Par in his
book “Fundamental of English Grammar A practical Guide”, 4 students
no 2, 8, 16, 20 13 choose option B is. They choose it because they might
think that the concord of the subject it is is, 11 students no 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 22, 25 36 choose option C was. It is absolutely incorrect because was is not
concord to the time signal of present tense today but it should be concord to past tense she, he and it are was, 3 students no 23, 28, 29 10 choose
option D were. This is the true answer because the statement above is
present subjunctive with wish; in the fact he knows that it isn’t a holiday
today. And the last, there are 10 students no 1, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 24, 26, 27,
30 33 choose option E had been. Both “had been” and “were” are subjunctive but the item above is present subjunctive, and “had been” is past
subjunctive.
8. Question 12 Past Subjunctive
