The subjunctive mood can be expressed using the modal verbs shall (should) and may (might).
Should the teacher come, I will speak with him.
(May) the Lord bless you and keep you.
He wrote it in his diary so that he might remember.
The word would (the past tense of "will") can also be used for the past (for example, "He wrote it in his diary so that he would remember"), but it cannot be used in the present or future tense ("Would the teacher come, I will speak with him" is incorrect and confusing).
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