M OOD Verbs convey the writer’s or speaker’s attitude or stance by changing “mood” as re ected in di ering verb forms. The indicative mood is the common form that states facts or presumed facts That is so the lions are eating the antelope The imperative mood issues commands or requests Pickup your room The subjunctive mood is used to make statements that are contrary to factor are wishes, requests, and demands If your younger brother were taller, I’d ask that he help put up the decorations with us.” L INKING V ERBS A major category of verbs is called “Unking verbs be “become,” appear and the like do not convey action so much as condition or status. They take no objects but can be followed by nouns or adjectivesthat are called predicate nominatives or subject complements: Janis an executive and is creative as well as insightful See predicate. A DVERBS Words that modify verbs or add to their meaning are called “adverbs”: The dancer quickly exited the stage Most adverbs end in “-ly,” as does quickly in the example. But some do not The cat almost ate the canary See modifier.
