The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

III.  FORM OF PASSIVE VERBS.

Passive verbs, in English, are always of a compound form; being made from active-transitive verbs, by adding the Perfect Participle to the auxiliary verb BE, through all its changes:  thus from the active-transitive verb love, is formed the passive verb be loved.

FIFTH EXAMPLE.

The regular passive verb BE LOVED, conjugated affirmatively.

PRINCIPAL PARTS or THE ACTIVE VERB.

Present. Preterit. Imp.  Participle. Perf.  Participle.

Love.  Loved.  Loving.  Loved.

INFINITIVE MOOD. 
PRESENT TENSE. 
To be loved.

PERFECT TENSE. 
To have been loved.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

PRESENT TENSE.
Singular.                         Plural.
1.  I    am  loved,                1.  We   are loved,
2.  Thou art loved,                2.  You  are loved,
3.  He   is  loved;                3.  They are loved.
IMPERFECT TENSE.
Singular.                         Plural.
1.  I    was  loved,               1.  We   were loved,
2.  Thou wast loved,               2.  You  were loved,
3.  He   was  loved;               3.  They were loved.
PERFECT TENSE.
Singular.                         Plural.
1.  I    have been loved,          1.  We   have been loved,
2.  Thou hast been loved,          2.  You  have been loved,
3.  He   has  been loved;          3.  They have been loved.
PLUPERFECT TENSE.
Singular.                         Plural.
1.  I    had   been loved,         1.  We   had been loved,
2.  Thou hadst been loved,         2.  You  had been loved,
3.  He   had   been loved;         3.  They had been loved.
FIRST-FUTURE TENSE.
Singular.                         Plural.
1.  I    shall be loved,           1.  We   shall be loved,
2.  Thou wilt  be loved,           2.  You  will  be loved,
3.  He   will  be loved;           3.  They will  be loved.
SECOND-FUTURE TENSE.
Singular.                         Plural.
1.  I    shall have been loved,    1.  We   shall have been loved,
2.  Thou wilt  have been loved,    2.  You  will  have been loved,
3.  He   will  have been loved;    3.  They will  have been loved.

POTENTIAL MOOD.

PRESENT TENSE.
Singular.                         Plural.
1.  I    may   be loved,           1.  We   may be loved,
2.  Thou mayst be loved,           2.  You  may be loved,
3.  He   may   be loved;           3.  They may be loved.
IMPERFECT TENSE.
Singular.                         Plural.
1.  I    might   be loved,         1.  We   might be loved,
2.  Thou mightst be loved,         2.  You  might be loved,
3.  He   might   be loved;         3.  They might be loved.
PERFECT TENSE.
Singular.                         Plural.
1.  I    may   have been loved,    1.  We   may have been loved,
2.  Thou mayst have been loved,    2.  You  may have been loved,
3.  He   may   have been loved;    3.  They may have been loved.

PLUPERFECT TENSE.

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