The passive forms of a transitive verb are made by joining its perfect participle to the different forms of the verb be; thus,

The progressive forms of a verb are made by joining its present participle to the different forms of the verb be; thus,

EXERCISE I.

Write the active forms of the verb see that are used with the subject I in the different modes and tenses.

EXERCISE II.

Write the passive forms of the verb see that are used with the subject thou in the different modes and tenses.

EXERCISE III.

Write the progressive forms of the verb write that are used with the subject he in the different modes and tenses.

LESSON XLIV.

MODELS FOR PARSING VERBS, INFINITIVES, AND
PARTICIPLES.

To parse a verb tell

I. Its conjugation—regular or irregular.

2. Its principal parts.

3. Its class-transitive or intransitive.

4.

Its voice-active or passive (if transitive).

5. Its mode.

6. Its tense.

7. Its person and number-when it has special forms.

8. Its subject.

Example I.- A flat stone marks the spot where the bard is buried.

Marks is a regular verb-mark, marked, marked. It is transitive, active voice, indicative mode, present tense, third person, singular number, agreeing with its subject stone.

Is buried is the passive form of the regular verb bury — bury, buried, buried. It is transitive, passive voice, indicative mode, present tense, third person, singular number, agreeing with its subject bard.

Example II. - The dew was falling fast.

Was falling is the progressive form of the irregular verb fall — fall, fell, fallen. It is intransitive, indicative mode, past tense, third person, singular number, agreeing with its subject dew.

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Example III. I may do that I shall be sorry for.

May is a defective verb, transitive, indicative mode, present tense, used with the subject I.*

Do is the present infinitive of the irregular verb do—do, did, done. It is transitive, active voice, object of the verb may.

Shall be, made up of the auxiliary shall and the infinitive of the verb be, is the future tense of the verb be. It is irregular, be, was, been, intransitive, indicative mode, used with the subject I

Example IV.- Be silent, that you may hear.

Be is an irregular verb-be, was, been,-intransitive, imperative mode, present tense, used with the subject you understood.

marians who recognize a potential mode would parse the phrase may do, Dr.ole, as the potential, present, of the verb do.

Example V.- How he could run!

Could is a defective verb, transitive, indicative mode, past tense, used with the subject he.

run.

Run is the present infinitive of the irregular verb run

It is intransitive, object of the verb could.

Example VI.—If I should go, I could do your errand. Could is a defective verb, transitive, subjunctive mode, past tense, used with the subject I.

Do is the present infinitive of the irregular verb do do, did, done. It is transitive, active voice, object of the verb could.

Example VII. — The greatest curiosity of the study remains to be mentioned; it was a ponderous folio volume, bound in black leather.

To be mentioned is the present infinitive, passive, of the transitive verb mention. It depends on the verb remains.

Bound is the perfect participle, passive, of the irregular, transitive verb bind. It modifies the noun volume.

EXERCISE I.

Parse the verbs in the following sentences:

1. Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 2. Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast. - Cowper. 3. The ship is sinking beneath the tide. - SOUTHEY.

4. I have been young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken. — BIBLE.

5.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,

Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;