Business English Part 35

4. Yes, I had ought to have gone yesterday.

5. Do you think I had ought to have accepted?

6. He had ought to come to-morrow.

7. The tickets had ought to have come from the printer's yesterday.

8. We had not ought to stay out so late.

9. You had ought to wear your coat.

10. He had ought to have become naturalized.

11. You had ought to have washed the dishes before you went out.

12. You had ought to take an umbrella.

13. You had ought to have heard what she said.

14. We hadn't ought to disagree.

15. You ought to have invested, hadn't you?

=Exercise 118=

Conjugation of the verb _be_ in the

INDICATIVE MODE

_Present Tense_

_Singular_ _Plural_

I am We are You are You are He is They are

_Past Tense_

I was We were You were You were He was They were

_Future Tense_

I shall be We shall be You will be You will be He will be They will be

_Present Perfect Tense_

I have been We have been You have been You have been He has been They have been

_Past Perfect Tense_

I had been We had been You had been You had been He had been They had been

_Future Perfect Tense_

I shall have been We shall have been You will have been You will have been He will have been They will have been

The verb _be_ is used to form the progressive tenses of the active voice (See Exercise 102) and the simple tenses of the pa.s.sive voice; as,

Pa.s.sIVE VOICE

_Present Tense_

_Singular_ _Plural_

I am followed We are followed You are followed You are followed He is followed They are followed

_Past Tense_

I was followed We were followed You were followed You were followed He was followed They were followed

_Future Tense_

I shall be followed We shall be followed You will be followed You will be followed He will be followed They will be followed

_Present Perfect Tense_

I have been followed We have been followed You have been followed You have been followed He has been followed They have been followed

_Past Perfect Tense_

I had been followed We had been followed You had been followed You had been followed He had been followed They had been followed

_Future Perfect Tense_

I shall have been followed We shall have been followed You will have been followed You will have been followed He will have been followed They will have been followed

If we add the progressive form wherever it may be used, we have the following synopsis of the indicative mood:

Pa.s.sIVE VOICE

{ { _Present_ I am followed (simple) { { I am being followed (progressive) { { { _Primary_ { _Past_ I was followed (simple) { { I was being followed (progressive) Tenses { { { { _Future_ I shall be followed { { { _Present Perfect_ I have been followed { _Perfect_ { _Past Perfect_ I had been followed { { _Future Perfect_ I shall have been followed

=Exercise 119=

Conjugate the following in the pa.s.sive voice:

1. Simple present of _pay_.