Verb Moods

—The imperative mood states a command or request.

—Frequently, the subject does not appear in the sentence—it is simply understood.

—Examples

Wait and watch before crossing the street.

Come here.

—The indicative mood states an apparent fact.

—This is the way verbs are normally used in English.

—Examples

Last year, I ate a sandwich for lunch almost every day.

—The conditional mood indicates a conditional state that will cause something else to happen.

—It is marked by the words “might,” “could,” and “would.”

Basically, if the conditions were right, something could potentially happen

The interrogative mood indicates a state of questioning.

The subject-verb order is inverted.

The subjunctive mood expresses an imaginary situation or a wish /desire.

*It often includes " I were."