A Grammar of the English Tongue - ESL Teachers Board

A Grammar of the English Tongue 36Sing. Love or love thou, let him love; Plur. Let us love, love or love ye, letthem love.Conjunctive. Present.Sing. I love, thou love, he love; Plur. We love, ye love, they love. Preteritsimple, as in the indicative. Preterit compound. I have loved, &c. Future. Ishall love, &c. Second Future. I shall have loved, &c.Potential.Present. I may or can love, &c. Preterit. I might, could, or should love, &c.Double Preterit. I might, could, or should have loved, &c.Infinitive.Present. To love. Preterit. To have loved. Participle present. Loving.Participle past. Loved.The passive is formed by the addition of the participle preterit to thedifferent tenses of the verb to be, which must therefore be here exhibited.Indicative. Present.Sing. I am, thou art, he is; Plur. We are or be, ye are or be, they are or be.The plural be is now little in use.Preterit.Sing. I was, thou wast or wert, he was; Plur. We were, ye were, they were.Wert is properly of the conjunctive mood, and ought not to be used in theindicative.Preterit compound. I have been, &c. Preterpluperfect. I had been, &c.Future. I shall or will be, &c.