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.

LESSON XIII.—­VERBS.

1.  What are Tenses, in grammar? 2.  How many tenses are there, and what are they called? 3.  What is the present tense? 4.  What is the imperfect tense? 5.  What is the perfect tense? 6.  What is the pluperfect tense? 7.  What is the first-future tense? 8.  What is the second-future tense? 9.  What are the Person and Number of a verb? 10.  How many persons and numbers belong to verbs? 11.  Why are not these things defined under the head of verbs? 12.  How are the second and third persons singular distinctively formed? 13.  How are the person and number of a verb ascertained, where no peculiar ending is employed to mark them? 14.  What is the conjugation of a verb? 15.  What are the PRINCIPAL PARTS in the conjugation of a verb? 16.  What is a verb called which wants some of these parts? 17.  What is an auxiliary, in grammar? 18.  What verbs are used as auxiliaries? 19.  What are the inflections of the verb do, in its simple tenses? 20.  What are the inflections of the verb be, in its simple tenses? 21.  What are the inflections of the verb have, in its simple tenses? 22.  What are the inflections and uses of shall and will? 23.  What are the inflections and uses of may? 24.  What are the inflections and uses of can? 25.  What are the uses of must, which is uninflected? 26.  To what style is the inflecting of shall, will, may, can, should, would, might, and could, now restricted?

LESSON XIV.—­VERBS.

1.  What is the simplest form of an English conjugation? 2.  What is the first example of conjugation? 3.  What are the principal parts of the verb LOVE? 4.  How many and what tenses has the infinitive mood?—­the indicative?—­the potential?—­the subjunctive?—­the imperative? 9.  What is the verb LOVE in the Infinitive, present?—­perfect?—­ Indicative, present?—­imperfect?—­
;perfect?—­pluperfect?—­first-future?—­ second-future?—­Potential, present?—­imperfect?—­perfect?—­pluperfect?—­ Subjunctive, present?—­imperfect?—­Imperative, present? 24.  What are its participles?

LESSON XV.—­VERBS.

1.  What is the synopsis of the verb LOVE, in the first person singular?—­second person singular, solemn style?—­third person singular?—­first person plural?—­second person plural?—­third person plural? 7.  If the second person singular of this verb be used familiarly, how should it be formed?

LESSON XVI.—­VERBS.

1.  What is the second example of conjugation? 2.  What are the principal parts? 3.  How is the verb SEE conjugated throughout? 4.  How do you form a synopsis of the verb see, with the pronoun I? thou? he? we? you? they?

LESSON XVII.—­VERBS.

1.  What is the third example of conjugation? 2.  What are the principal parts? 3.  How is the verb BE conjugated? 4.  How do you form a synopsis of the verb be, with the nominative I? thou? he? we? you? they? the man? the men?

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