3. Verbs expressing mental affection, do not admit the progressive form. We cannot, therefore, with propriety, say, "I am loving, am respecting, am disliking, hating, fearing, knowing them;" but, "I love, respect, dislike, hate, fear, know them." 2. PAST TENSE.-Signs, was, did. Present-Perfect Progressive. Sing. 1. I have been calling. 2. Thou hast been calling, &c. Past-Perfect Progressive. Sing. 1. I had been calling. 2. Thou hadst been calling, &c. Future Progressive. Sing. 1. I shall or will be calling. 2. Thou shalt or wilt be calling, &c. 2. Call, or call thou, or do thou call. 2. Call, or call you, or do you call. 1. I may, can, or must call. TENSE.-may, can, must. 2. Thou mayst, canst, or must call. 3. He may, can, or must call. 1. We may, can, or must call. Present Progressive. Sing. 1. I may, can, or must be calling, &c. 2. Singular. PAST TENSE.-might, could, would, should. Plural. 1. We might, could, would, 1. I might, could, would, or should call. 1. We may, can, or must have 1. I may, can, or must have called. 2. Thou mayst, canst, &c. have called. 3. He may, can, or must have called. Present-Perfect Progressive. Sing. 1. I may, can, or must have been calling, &c. 4. PAST-PERFEOT TENSE.-might, could, would, or should have. Singular. Plural. called. 1. We might, could, &c. have called. 2. You might, could, &c. have called. 3. They might, could, &c. have called. 1. I might, could, &c. have called. 2. Thou mightst, couldst, &c. have called. 3. He might, could, &c. have called. Past-Perfect Progressive. Sing. 1. I might, could, would, or should have been calling, &c. Or, Sing. 1. If I shall, will, or should call. 2. If Thou shalt, wilt, or shouldst call, &c. In conjugating a verb interrogatively, do and its tenses, are employed to denote action, and am and its tenses, to denote continuance; thus, A Passive verb is conjugated by adding the perfect participle of the Active verb to the auxiliary to be, through all its moods and tenses, in the following manner : 2. Be (thou) called, or do thou be 2. Be (you) called, or do you be called. Singular. called. POTENTIAL MOOD. 1. PRESENT TENSE. Plural. 1. We may, can, or must be PAST TENSE. 1. I might, could, &c. be called. Singular. 3. Plural. called. 1. We might, could, &c. be called. 2. You might, could, &c. be called. 3. They might, could, &c. be called. PRESENT-PERFECT TENSE. Plural. 1. We may,can, or must havebeencalled. 2. You may, can, &c. have been called. 3. They may, can, &c. have been called. PAST-PERFECT TENSE. 1. I might, could, &c. have been called. 2. Thou mightst, &c. have been called. 3. He might, could, &c. have been called. Singular. 1. If I am called. Plural. 1. We might, could, &c. have beencalled. 2. Youmight, could, &c.have been called. 3. Theymight, could, &c.havebeencalled SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. 2. If Thou art called. 3. If He is called. |