Subjunctive Study Pack
The mood for what is wanted, doubted or not yet real, across all three of its tenses.
Level B1–B213 lessons
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- How to Use The Subjunctive Study PackHow to get the most from the Subjunctive Study Pack: short sessions, one trigger at a time, and coming back to what you have already learned.not finished
- Introduction to the Subjunctive MoodThe difference between the indicative and the subjunctive mood, and the golden rule that the subjunctive needs a trigger plus a linking word.not finished
- Uses and Triggers of the Present SubjunctiveThe triggers that call for the present subjunctive: wishes, emotions, doubt, impersonal expressions and the conjunctions that set them off.not finished
- Regular Verbs and the "Swap" RuleThe 'swap rule' for building the present subjunctive of regular verbs from the 'eu' form, worked through with 'falar', 'comer' and 'partir'.not finished
- Irregular Verbs in the Present SubjunctiveThe seven present subjunctive verbs whose stem you cannot get from the 'eu' form: ser, estar, ir, dar, saber, querer and haver.not finished
- Uses and Triggers of the Imperfect SubjunctiveHow the present subjunctive's triggers shift to the imperfect when the wish, doubt or feeling sits in the past, plus a first 'se' clause pattern.not finished
- Formation: the Imperfect SubjunctiveHow to build the imperfect subjunctive from the preterite 'eles' form, one rule that covers regular and irregular verbs alike.not finished
- Uses and Triggers of the Future SubjunctiveWhen Portuguese reaches for the future subjunctive: after time conjunctions like 'quando' and in 'se' clauses about things not yet certain.not finished
- Formation: the Future SubjunctiveHow to build the future subjunctive from the preterite 'eles' form, plus the trap where 'ver' and 'vir' share a spelling with the infinitive.not finished
- The Ultimate "If Clause" Cheat SheetThe two 'se' clause patterns side by side: the imperfect subjunctive for the unlikely, and the future subjunctive for what is still possible.not finished
- Listening and Writing PracticeA short story about an apartment hunt that mixes all three subjunctive tenses, with true or false questions and a dictation exercise.not finished
- Extra Practice: Mixing the MoodsTwo exercises that mix the present, imperfect and future subjunctive in one set, so you practise reading the trigger before you conjugate.not finished
- Printable Study Journal: the SubjunctiveA printable journal for the Subjunctive Study Pack: blank charts for all three tenses, a trigger-mapping page and a goals tracker.not finished