Question

Identify the mood of the verb in the following sentence:
Have mercy upon us.

• A. Subjunctive Mood
• B. Imperative Mood
• C. Indicative Mood
• D. Complex Mood

Answer 1

The correct option is B Imperative Mood

Mood is the mode or manner in which the action denoted by the verb is represented.
A verb which makes a statement or fact or asks a question, or expresses a supposition which is assumed as a fact, is in the Indicative Mood.
A verb which expresses a command, an exhortation, an entreaty or prayer, is in the Imperative Mood.
The Subjunctive Mood is used to express a wish or possibility.
The verb in the given sentence expresses a prayer. It does not state a fact or a possibility. So, 'have' is in the Imperative Mood. Hence, Option B is correct and the other options are not.