English Grammar in Familiar Lectures eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 386 pages of information about English Grammar in Familiar Lectures.

English Grammar in Familiar Lectures eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 386 pages of information about English Grammar in Familiar Lectures.
Singular.                    Plural.
1.  I did love                       1.  We did love,
2.  Thou didst love,                 2.  Ye or you did love,
3.  He did love.                     3.  They did love.

Perfect Tense.

Singular.                    Plural.
1.  I have loved,                    1.  We have loved,
2.  Thou hast loved,                 2.  Ye or you have loved,
3.  He hath or has loved.          3.  They have loved.

Pluperfect Tense.

Singular.                       Plural.
1.  I had loved,                     1.  We had loved,
2.  Thou hadst loved,                2.  Ye or you had loved,
3.  He had loved.                    3.  They had loved.

First Future Tense.

Singular. Plural. 1.  I shall or will love, 1.  We shall or will love, 2.  Thou shalt or wilt love, 2.  Ye or you shall or will
                                           love,
3.  He shall or will love, 3.  They shall or will love.

Second Future Tense.

Singular.                       Plural.
1.  I shall have loved,              1.  We shall have loved,
2.  Thou wilt have loved,            2.  Ye or you will have loved,
3.  He will have loved,              3.  They will have loved.
NOTE.  Tenses formed without auxiliaries, are called simple tenses; as, I love; I loved; but those formed by the help of auxiliaries, are denominated compound tenses; as, I have loved; I had loved, &c.

This display of the verb shows you, in the clearest light, the application of the signs of the tenses, which signs ought to be perfectly committed to memory before you proceed any farther.  By looking again at the conjugation, you will notice, that have, placed before the perfect participle of any verb, forms the perfect tense; had, the pluperfect; shall or will, the first future, and so on.

Now speak each of the verbs, love, hate, walk, smile, rule, and conquer, in the first person of each tense in this mood, with the pronoun I before it; thus, indicative mood, pres. tense, first pers. sing.  I love; imperf.  I loved; perf.  I have loved; and so on, through all the tenses.  If you learn thoroughly the conjugation of the verb in the indicative mood, you will find no difficulty in conjugating it through those that follow, for in the conjugation through all the moods, there is a great similarity.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

Present Tense, or elliptical future.—­Conjunctive form.

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