Практическая грамматика

Note. When need is used in the meaning of to be in want of it is treated as a regular verb.
He needs a new pair of shoes.


MOOD


Mood is a grammatical category, which indicates the attitude of the speaker towards the action expressed by the verb from the point of view of its reality. In Modern English we distinguish three moods:
(1) The Indicative Mood.
(2) The Imperative Mood.
(3) The Subjunctive Mood.


The Indicative Mood

The Indicative Mood shows that the action or state expressed by the verb is presented as a fact.

We went home early in the evening. (Dickens)
The Indicative Mood is also used to express a real condition, i. e. a condition the realization of which is considered possible.
If it rains, I shall stay at home.
The Indicative Mood is characterized by a great number of tense forms in the Active and Passive Voice.


The Imperative Mood

The Imperative Mood expresses a command or a request. In Modern English the Imperative Mood has only one form, which coincides with the Infinitive without the particle to, it is used in the second person (singular and plural). I

Be quiet and hear what I tell you. (Eliot)
In forming the negative the auxiliary verb to do is always used, even with the verb to be.
Hush! Don't make a noise! (Eliot)
Don't be angry . . . (Hemingway)
The auxiliary verb to do may also be used in affirmative sentences to make the request more emphatic.
But now, do sing again to us. (Eliot)
Do be quiet.
To make a request or an order more emphatic the subject expressed by the pronoun you is sometimes used. It is characteristic of colloquial speech.
I'll drive and you sleep awhile. (Hemingway)
Note. A command addressed to the third person singular and plural is
usually expressed with the help of the verb to let.