indicative mood or subjunctive mood

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indicative mood or subjunctive mood

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hi, I am having a problem distinguishing if these verbs provide examples of a normal use of the indicative mood or subjunctive mood:

1 We were hoping you could come and have lunch with us.

2 Be that as it may, our expenditure is bound to increase.

3 We suggest that this applicant apply next year.

4 By the time we stopped, we had driven six hundred miles.

5 If I were feeling over-tired, I wouldn’t go on.

i think the last one is subjunctive but I'm not quite sure

thanks for any help
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Re: indicative mood or subjunctive mood

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Subjunctive verb-forms in these examples are: be, apply, were.

Others are indicative.
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