Grammar · Free lesson
TOEIC Writing: recommend that she review
You are suggesting what a coordinator should do next, not describing her daily routine.
Professor Scott MendozaThe short answer
One standard American English pattern is “I recommend that she review the schedule.” In this construction, review stays in the base form even after she. The sentence recommends an action; it does not report that she already performs it.
That + subject + base verb.
After recommend that, this recommendation pattern uses a subject and a base verb: she review, he check, the team be ready. Do not add to before the verb or an -s ending in this pattern. The same form can follow recommended: “They recommended that she arrive early.” This is often called the mandative subjunctive.
Compare the examples
I recommend that the coordinator check the dates.
We recommended that the coordinator check the dates.
I recommend that the room be ready by nine.
Recommend that someone should do something is also valid. This lesson practices the base-verb version; do not assume every other construction is wrong.
Build the meaning step by step
Introduce the recommendation
I recommend that
Name who should act
the coordinator
Use the base form
check the dates.
Try it now
Use the requested base-verb pattern
Read all answers and explanations
Use the base-verb pattern: “I recommend that he ___ the file.”
checkCheck is the base form required by this pattern. No -s or to is added.
Use the same pattern: “We recommend that the room ___ available.”
beBe is the base form. Is and being do not fit the requested construction.
Keep the base-verb pattern after recommended: “They recommended that she ___ early.”
arriveArrive stays in the base form even though recommended is past.
Put it into practice
Revise the recommendation
Use recommend that + subject + base verb. Keep the recommendation that the coordinator review the agenda.
I recommend that the coordinator to review the agenda.
See a model answer
I recommend that the coordinator review the agenda.
A should-clause can also express a recommendation, but this exercise deliberately practices the base-verb form.
A little more clarity
Common questions
A few useful details before you move on.
Can I say recommend checking?
Yes. Recommend + -ing is another pattern. Here we add a that-clause to name the person expected to act.
I recommend checking the dates before booking.
Does she check replace she checks everywhere?
No. Ordinary present-tense statements still use the normal agreement pattern. This lesson focuses on a specific recommendation construction.
She checks the schedule every morning.
Take it into your day
Keep the verb in its base form in this recommend-that pattern.
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