OBS.-In Regular Verbs, the sign of this Tense is root of the Verb. In Irregular Verbs, a distinct form is used. [See DEF. 116. The Prior Present Tense de but in a period reaching to the present. EXAMPLES.--I have completed my task.-John has Mary has been prospered.-Thou hast OBS. 3.-Have, hast, and has, are the signs of this Do you hear the bell?-Emily may wr OBS. 1.-This is the simplest form of the Verb;to denote intensity, and in asking questions. OBS. 2.-Present Tense may be 1. Definite-as, I am writing-William stud 2. Indefinite-as, Virtue is commendable. DEF. 118.-The Prior Future Tense den as compared with some future time specifie EXAMPLE. We shall have finished this recitation be will come. OBS.-Shall have and will have are the signs of this DEF. 119.-The Future Tense denotes fu compared with the present. EXAMPLE. James will return to-morrow-I shall see OBS.-Shall, in the First Person, and will, in the Se are the signs of this Tense. REM.-Distinctions of time are not indicated with form of the Verb. This must be done by the use of Adj In the Potencial Mode, the Tenses are quite Inde being often used for another. The same remarks will apply to Participles-to th Subjunctive, and sometimes the Indicative. EXERCISES. Let each Verb and Participle in the following Exercises be pointed out, and its Class and Modification given. 1. I wrote. 2. Thou art reading. 3. James may recite. 7. Willing to be taught. 8. Having seen the teacher. 9. Retire. 10. Let us alone. 11. Permit me to pass. 12. Let me go. 13. It is pleasant to ride in a sail-boat. 14. We are all fond of singing. 15. Some are accustomed to sing by rote. 16. The young ladies ought to have attended the lecture. 17 By teaching others we improve ourselves. 18. Being accustomed to study, we can learn that lesson easily. 19. Having been censured for idleness, John has resolved to be diligent. 20. By endeavoring to please all, we fail to please any. Of Minos or of Numa should forsake The Elysian seats, and down the embower 33. "In the pleased infant see its power expand When first the coral fills his little hand; 34. Throned in his mother's lap, it dries each As her sweet legend falls upon his ear; 35. Next it assails him in his top's strange hu Breathes in his whistle, echoes in his drun 36. Each gilded toy that doting love bestows, He longs to break, and every spring expos "Could I forget. 87. PARTICIPLES-EXERCISES-MODEL. 11.9 MODEL. Cshed....is [a Participle, from the Verb crush ;] used here to describe a condition of "Truth;" hence, a Verbal Adjective. Will rise....asserts an act of "Truth;" hence, a Verb. Are..... Are has no object; hence, Intransitive. simply declares; hence, Indicative Mode. denotes time future; hence, Future Tense. ...asserts being of "years;" hence, a Verb. .has no object; hence, Intransitive. simply declares; hence, Indicative Mode. denotes time present; hence, Present Tense. Wounded...is [a Participle, from the Verb wound;] used here to describe a condition of "Error;" hence, a Verbal Adjective. Writhes.....asserts an act of "Error;" hence, a Verb. "The surging billows and the gamboling storms Surging.....is [a Participle, from the Verb surge.] 66 used here to describe "billows;" hence, a Verbal Adjective. Gamboling..is [a Participle, from the Verb gambol.] Come. used here to describe "storms;" hence, a Verbal Adjective. .asserts an act of "billows" and "storms;" hence, a Verb. has no object; hence, Intransitive. simply declares; hence, Indicative Mode. denotes time present; hence, Present Time. Crouching...is [a Participle, from the Verb crouch.] 66 વડ used here to modify the act expressed by "come;" "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Beginning...is [a Participle, from the Verb begin.] used here as the name of an event; hence, a Verbal Noun ..asserts an act of "God;" hence, a Verb. Created..... act passes to objects (heaven and earth). CONJUGATION OF VER REMARK 1.-We have seen that most verbs are note different modes and times of action or being. They are also varied to correspond with their sul Number The regular arrangement of the various forms of REM. 2.-Verbs are varied by inflection of their use of different Radicals. Hence, PRIN.-Verbs are distinguished as Regular and Irregular. REGULAR VERBS. DEF. 120.-A Regular Verb is a Verb w is formed by the addition of d or ed to the EXAMPLES.-Present Tense.-I love, act, save, Past Tense.-I loved, acted, saved, OBS. 1.-Some Verbs, for euphony, drop the f Radical. EXAMPLES.-Love, loved-Save, saved-Recite, reci OBS. 2.-Some Verbs, for euphony, double a f Radical. EXAMPLES.-Tan, tanned-Transmit, transmitted. IRREGULAR VERBS. DEF. 121.-An Irregular Verb is a Verb wh is not made by the addition of d or ed to th EXAMPLES.-Present Tense.-I am, see, do, hide, Past Tense. I was, saw, did, hid, REM.-Some Irregular Verbs are not used in all the Hence, |