Exercises On The Verb Be.

To be. Am, was, been. It is. Thou art. Thou wast. I

was. We are.

They were.

We have been.

Thou hast been. He has been.
He had been. You
They had been.

Thou hadst not been.
She has been.

have not been.
We are not. I am not.

I shall be. Thou shalt be.
They shall not be. It will be.
been. They will have been.
is not.

I can be. Thou mayest be.
You may be. He must be.
He would be. It could not be.
not be. He may have been.

were.

We were not.

Thou wilt be.
We have
I am. It

We shall be.
Thou wilt have been.
We shall have been.

Thou canst not be. She may be.
They should be. Thou mightest be.
Thou wouldst be. You could
Thou wast. He had been. They

We may have been. Thou mayest have been. They may have been. I might have been. You should have been. Thou wouldst have been. You was.

If thou art. If we are. If he is. If they are. If thou wert. If we were. If I am. If you are. If I have been. If thou hadst been. If she shall be. If he be. If we be. If they be. If he could be. If I should be. If they must be.

Be thou. Be ye. Do ye be. Be. Being. Been. To have been. Having been. If I be.

Parse the verb in each example thus: Is, is a verb, because it asserts being-root, to be-principal parts; present, am; past, was; perf. part. been-it is intransitive, it cannot take an object after it; indicative mode, it simply asserts being; present tense, it denotes present time; and in the third person, singular number, to agree with its nom. it, according to Rule II., (which repeat.)

Write on the black board or slate, the third person singular, throughout the conjugation, and then the second person singular, then the participles-then the root and principle parts.

Shall we n have been? Shall ye n have been? Shall you n have been? Shall they n have been' the affirmative, but I have

The auxiliaries are the same as in left some of them out in the future tenses of the interrogative conjugation, for the sake of brevity.

May they n have been?

Conjugate, with the other auxiliaries, in the same way.

Exèrcises.

Must he be? Might we be?
Would they be?
Are they?

Was you? Were

Can I be? Mayest thou be? Could ye be? Should you be? Am I? Is he? Art thou? we? Wast thou? Have I been? Has he been? Hast thou not been? Have they been? Have you not been? Had he been? Had you not been? Hadst thou been? Had I been? Have they not been? Have we been? Shall you be? Wilt thou have been?

Shall he be? Shalt thou be? Will they have been? Shall we have been? Shall it be? Will they be? Shall we have been?

May I have been? May he have been? Canst thou have been? Could we have been? Might ye have been? Should they have been? Would we have been? Mightest thou have been?

Parse the verb in each of these exercises, as in the preceding. Write examples of interrogative sentences on the black board, and in your book.

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS.

A verb is called Regular, when it forms its past tense and perfect participle by adding d or ed to the present; as, pres. love; past, loved; perf. part. loved.

All other verbs are called Irregular.

THE CONJUGATION OF THE REGULAR TRANSITIVE VERB,

I may n have loved

Thou mayest n have loved

You may n have loved

He may n have loved

We may n love

( Ye may n love {You may n love

They may n love

Tense.

We may n have loved

Ye may n have loved

You may n have loved

They may n have loved

In the same way, with the auxiliaries, can, must, might, could,

would and should; throughout this mode.

SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.

Conjugate love, in the common form of the subjunctive as directed on page 46: thus

If they love n &c.

The learner should prefix the sign of condition in the same way throughout, the indicative and potential mode, to form the subjunctive.

‡ Subjunctive Forms,

NOTE. "Some authors omit the personal terminations in the second and third persons present, if thou love, if he love, which I deem contrary to the principles of our language." Webster.

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