FOURTH EXAMPLE.

The irregular active verb READ, conjugated affirmatively, in the Compound Form.

PRINCIPAL PARTS OF THE SIMPLE VERB.

Present. Preterit. Imp.  Participle. Perf.  Participle. R=ead.  R~ead.  R=eading.  R~ead.

INFINITIVE MOOD.

PRESENT TENSE. 
To be reading.

PERFECT TENSE. 
To have been reading.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

PRESENT TENSE.

Singular.                Plural.
1.  I am reading,                1.  We are reading,
2.  Thou art reading,            2.  You are reading,
3.  He is reading;               3.  They are reading.

IMPERFECT TENSE.

Singular.                Plural.
1.  I was reading,               1.  We were reading,
2.  Thou wast reading,           2.  You were reading,
3.  He was reading;              3.  They were reading.

PERFECT TENSE.

Singular.                Plural.
1.  I have been reading,         1.  We have been reading,
2.  Thou hast been reading,      2.  You have been reading,
3.  He has been reading;         3.  They have been reading.

PLUPERFECT TENSE.

Singular.                Plural.
1.  I had been reading,          1.  We had been reading,
2.  Thou hadst been reading,     2.  You had been reading,
3.  He had been reading;         3.  They had been reading.

FIRST-FUTURE TENSE.

Singular.                Plural.
1.  I shall be reading,          1.  We shall be reading,
2.  Thou wilt be reading,        2.  You will be reading,
3.  He will be reading;          3.  They will be reading.

SECOND-FUTURE TENSE.

Singular. Plural. 1.  I shall have been reading, 1.  We shall have been reading, 2.  Thou wilt have been reading, 2.  You will have been reading, 3.  He will have been reading; 3.  They will have been reading.

POTENTIAL MOOD.

PRESENT TENSE.

Singular.                      Plural.
1.  I may be reading,             1.  We may be reading,
2.  Thou mayst be reading,        2.  You may be reading,
3.  He may be reading;            3.  They may be reading.

IMPERFECT TENSE.

Singular.                      Plural.
1.  I might be reading,           1.  We might be reading,
2.  Thou mightst be reading,      2.  You might be reading,
3.  He might be reading;          3.  They might be reading.

PERFECT TENSE.

Singular. Plural. 1.  I may have been reading, 1.  We may have been reading, 2.  Thou mayst have been reading, 2.  You may have been reading, 3.  He may have been reading; 3.  They may have been reading.

PLUPERFECT TENSE.

Singular. Plural. 1.  I might have been reading, 1.  We might have been reading, 2.  Thou mightst have been reading, 2.  You might have been reading, 3.  He might have been reading; 3.  They might have been reading.