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The category of moods

There are tree moods in English - the Indicative mood, the Imperative mood and the Subjunctive mood.

The Indicative mood represents an action as a fact, as something real.

America was discovered in 1492.
Америка была открыта в 1492 году.

The Imperative mood expresses an order, a request or a call to a joint action.

Let's have a break.
Давайте сделаем перерыв.

Note: The subject is sometimes used to make an order more emphatic.

You go to bad at once!
Быстро иди спать!

The Subjunctive mood represents an action not as a fact but as something imaginary or desired.

If I had money now, I would buy his Opel.
Если бы у меня сейчас были деньги, я бы купил его опель.

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The ways of expressing the Subjunctive Mood