A Grammar of the English Tongue Part 8

Imperative.

Sing. Love or love thou, let him love; Plur. Let us love, love or love ye, let them love.

Conjunctive. Present.

Sing. I love, thou love, he love; Plur. We love, ye love, they love.

Preterit simple, as in the indicative.

Preterit compound. I have loved, &c.

Future. I shall love, &c.

Second Future. I shall have loved, &c.

Potential.

Present. I may or can love, &c.

Preterit. I might, could, or should love, &c.

Double Preterit. I might, could, or should have loved, &c.

Infinitive.

Present. To love.

Preterit. To have loved.

Participle present. Loving.

Participle past. Loved.

The pa.s.sive is formed by the addition of the participle preterit to the different tenses of the verb to be, which must therefore be here exhibited.

Indicative. Present.

Sing. I am, thou art, he is; Plur. We are or be, ye are or be, they are or be.

The plural be is now little in use.

Preterit.

Sing. I was, thou wast or wert, he was; Plur. We were, ye were, they were.

Wert is properly of the conjunctive mood, and ought not to be used in the indicative.

Preterit compound. I have been, &c.

Preterpluperfect. I had been, &c.

Future. I shall or will be, &c.

Imperative.

Sing. Be thou; let him be; Plur. Let us be; be ye; let them be.

Conjunctive. Present.

Sing. I be, thou beest, he be; Plur. We be, ye be, they be.

Preterit.

Sing. I were, thou wert, he were; Plur. We were, ye were, they were.

Preterit compound. I have been, &c.

Future. I shall have been, &c.

Potential.

I may or can; would, could, or should be; could, would, or should have been, &c.

Infinitive.

Present. To be.

Preterit. To have been.

Participle present. Being.

Participle preterit. Having been.

Pa.s.sive Voice. Indicative Mood.

I am loved, &c. I was loved, &c. I have been loved, &c.

Conjunctive Mood.

If I be loved, &c. If I were loved, &c. If I shall have been loved, &c.

Potential Mood.

I may or can be loved, &c. I might, could, or should be loved, &c. I might, could, or should have been loved, &c.

Infinitive.

Present. To be loved.

Preterit. To have been loved.

Participle. Loved.

There is another form of English verbs, in which the infinitive mood is joined to the verb do in its various inflections, which are therefore to be learned in this place.

To do.

Indicative. Present.

Sing. I do, thou dost, he doth; Plur. We do, ye do, they do.

Preterit.

Sing. I did, thou didst, he did; Plur. We did, ye did, they did.

Preterit., &c. I have done, &c. I had done, &c.

Future. I shall or will do, &c.

Imperative.