This mood is the same as the indicative, except that it is preceded by a conjunction implying contingency, etc.; as, if I love, if I have loved, if I loved, etc. The auxiliary is often omitted in the future tense; as, if I love, if thou love, if he love; that is, if I shall love, etc.

The pupil may proceed with the other tenses in the same way.

*See "Remarks on the Tenses in the different Moods," 8-18, pp. 74, 75, and 76.

+ Can have is not used in affirmative sentences.

PAST TENSE. [IMPERFECT.]

Singular. 1. I might, could, would, or should love,

2. Thou mightst, couldst, wouldst, or shouldst love, 3. He might, could, would, or should love.

Plural.

1. We might, could, would, or should love,

2. You might, could, would, or should love,

3. They might, could, would,
or should love.

PAST PERFECT TENSE. [PLUPERFECT.]
Singular.

1. I might, could, would, or
should have loved,
2. Thou mightst, couldst,
wouldst, or shouldst have
loved,

3. He might, could, would,
or should have loved.

Singular.

Plural.

1. We might, could, would, or should have loved,

2. You might, could, would, or should have loved,

3. They might, could, would, or should have loved.

IMPERATIVE

Love, or love thou.

INFINITIVE

MOOD.

Plural.

| Love, or love

MOOD.

ye, or love you.

Remark. The verb do is used as an auxiliary in the present and past tenses of the indicative and subjunctive, for the sake of emphasis; also in the imperative; as,

Remark.-Do is sometimes used when shall or should is omitted; as, “If thou do repent." Sometimes also when may is omitted; as, "That the shame of thy nakedness do not appear."-Rev. iii, 18.

EXERCISES.

1. Conjugate in writing the following verbs.

Learn, wish, play, jump, regret, follow.

2. Tell or write the first person singular of all the tenses of the following verbs, together with the infinitive and participles.

Paint, gather, heat, warm, look, try, study, hope, succeed.

3. Tell or write the second person singular of the same verbs-the third person-the first person plural-the second-the third.

4. In what mood, teuse, number, and person, is each of the following verbs?

I have loved, he walked, we learn, I shall form, you have defeated, they will have completed, I may learn, I could walk, he could have formed, learn thou, he does desire, I did learn, thou didst remain, thou hast waited, ye have complied, wait ye, I had expected, thou hadst intended, George will learn, Joseph has waited, Mary has studied.

CONJUGATION OF THE IRREGULAR VERB TO BE.

Imperfect Infinitive.
Be.

PRINCIPAL PARTS.

Past Indicative. Auxiliary Perfect Participle.
Was.
Been.

This mood has the tenses of the indicative; and instead of the common form of the past tense, to express a supposition referring to present time, it has a separate form in the singular. If I was