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

should have loved

2. Thou mightst, &c., have 2. You might have loved

loved

3. He might have loved 3. They might have loved

Subjunctive Mood.

Present Tense.

2. Love, or love thou, or

do thou lovet

Plural.

2. Love, or love ye or you. or do ye love

Infinitive Mood.

Present, To love Perfect, To have loved

Present, Loving

PARTICIPLES.

Past, Loved

Perfect, Having loved‡

*The remaining tenses in the Subjunctive mood are, in every respect, similar to the corresponding tenses of the Indicative and Potential, with the addition to the verb of a conjunction expressed or implied, denoting a condition or supposition.

†The Imperative Mood is not entitled to three persons. In strict propriety it has only the second person in both numbers. For when I say, Let me love, I mean, Permit thou me to love. Hence, let me love is construed thus: let thou me (to) love, or do thou let me (to) love. To, the sign of the infinitive, is not used after let. See Syntax, R. VI. No one will say that permit (me to love) is the first person singular, imperative mood: then, why should let (me to love), which is exactly similar, be called the first person? The Latin verb wants the first person, and if it has the third, it has also a different termination for it, which is not the case in the English verb. K. 118. See Key, No. 208-211.

Exercises on the Verb Active.

*We love him; James loves me; it amuses him; we shall conduct them; they will divide the spoil; soldiers should defend their country; friends invite friends; she can read her lesson she may play a tune; you might please her; thou mayst ask him; he may have betrayed us; we might have diverted the children; John can deliver the message.

I love; to love; love; reprove thou; has loved; we tied the knot; if we love; if thou love; they could have commanded armies; to love; to baptize; to have loved; loved; loving; to survey; having surveyed; write a letter; read your lesson; thou hast obeyed my voice; honour thy father.

The Teacher, if he chooses, may now acquaint the learner with the difference between the Nominative and the Objective.

The Nominative acts; the Objective is acted upon; as, He eats apples. The Nominative commonly comes before the verb, the Objective after it. Concerning pronouns, it may be observed, that the first speaks; the second is spoken to; and the third (or any noun) is spoken of.

We may parse the first sentence, for example. We love him; We. the first personal pronoun, plural, masculine, or fem. the Nominative; love, a verb active, the first person, plural, present, Indicative; him, the third personal pronoun, singular, masculine, the Objective.

QUESTIONS which should be put to the pupils.

How do you know that love is plural? Ans. Because we its nom. is plural. How do you know that love is the first person? Ans. Because we is the first personal pronoun, and the verb is always of the saine number and person with the noun or pronoun before it. K. 102, 104.

Many of the phrases in this page may be converted into exercises of a different kind: thus, the meaning of the sentence, We love him, may be expressed by the passive voice; as, He is loved by us.

It may also be turned into a question, or made a negative; as, Do we love him? &c. We do not love him.

These are a few of the ways of using the exercises on a single page, but there is no limit to the variety of methods that every ingenious and diligent Teacher may invent and adopt to engage the attention and improve the understanding of his pupils.

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A Passive Verb is formed by putting the Past Participle of any Active verb after the verb to be through all its Moods and Tenses. K. 126, 127.

1. Shall or will have been loved 1. Shall or will have been loved 2. Shalt or wilt have been loved 2. Shall or will have been loved 3. Shall or will have been loved 3. Shall or will have been loved

1. May, &c. have been loved 1. May have been loved

2. Mayst have been loved

3. May have been loved

Singular.

2. May have been loved

3. May have been loved

Pluperfect.

Plural.

1. Might, &c. have been loved 1. Might have been loved

2. Mightst have been loved 3. Might have been loved

2. Might have been loved
3. Might have been loved

Pres. Being loved Past. Been loved Perf. Having been loved

*The Pupil may at times be requested to throw out if and put unless, though, whether, or lest, in its place.

After the pupil is expert in going over the tenses of the verb as they are, he may be taught to omit all the auxiliaries but one, and go over the verb thus: Present Potential, I may love; thou mayst love; he may love, &c.; and then with the next auxiliary, thus: I can love; thou canst love; he can love, &c.; and then with must, thus: I must love; thou must love; he must love, &c.; and then with the auxiliaries of the Past Potential, thus: I might love; thou mightst love, &c. - See also Key, No. 112, p. 55, and Nos. 113, 114, p. 56.