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Present Tense | ||
plural | ||
1. | I am happy. | We are happy. |
2. | Thou art happy. You are happy. | You are happy. |
3. | He is happy. | They are happy. |
Past Tense | ||
1. | I was happy. | We were happy. |
2. | Thou wast happy. You were happy. | You were happy. |
3. | He was happy. | They were happy. |
Future Tense | ||
1. | I shall be happy. | We shall be happy. |
2. | Thou wilt be happy. You will be happy. | You will be happy. |
3. | He will be happy. | They will be happy. |
Present Perfect Tense | ||
1. | I have been happy. | We have been happy. |
2. | Thou hast been happy. You have been happy. | You have been happy. |
3. | He has been happy. | They have been happy. |
Past Perfect Tense | ||
singular | PLURAL | |
1. | I had been happy. | We had been happy. |
2. | Thou hadst been happy. You had been happy. | You had been happy. |
3. | He had been happy. | They had been happy. |
Future Perfect Tense | ||
1. | I shall have been happy. | We shall have been happy. |
2. | Thou wilt have been happy. You will have been happy. | You will have been happy. |
3. | He will have been happy. | They will have been happy. |
(Often found in conditional clauses).
Present Tense | ||
1. | I be happy. | We be happy. |
2. | Thou be happy. You be happy. | You be happy. |
3. | He be happy. | They be happy. |
Past Tense | ||
1. | I were happy. | We were happy. |
2. | Thou wert happy. You were happy. | You were happy. |
3. | He were happy. | They were happy. |
Present Perfect Tense | ||
1. | I have been happy. | We have been happy. |
2. | Thou hast been happy. You have been happy. | You have been happy. |
3. | He have been happy. | They have been happy. |
Note. - Notice that the third singular, present subjunctive of the verb have differs from the corresponding indicative.
Past Perfect Tense | ||
SINGULAR | PLURAL | |
1. | I had been happy. | We had been happy. |
. 2. | Thou hadst been happy. You had been happy. | You had been happy. |
3. | He had been happy. | They had been happy. |
Present Tense | |
2. Be happy. | Be happy. |
Infin. | be. |
Pr. Part. | being. |
Past Part. | been. |
Gerund | being. |
Verbal Phrases | |
Infin. Ph. | have been. |
Pr. Part. Ph. | having been. |
Past Part. Ph. | |
Gerund Ph. | having been. |
COMMON FORM | EMPHATIC FORM | PROGRESSIVE FORM | ||
Pres. | I praise. | I do praise. | I am praising. | |
Past | I praised. | I did praise. | I was praising. | |
Future | I shall praise. | I shall be praising. | ||
Pres. Perf. | I have praised. | I have been praising. | ||
Past Perf. | I had praised. | I had been praising. | ||
Fut. Perf. | I shall have praised. | I shall have been praising. | ||
Pres. | I praise. | I be praising. |
Past | I praised. | I were praising. |
Pres. Perf. | I have praised. | I have been praising. |
Past Perf, | I had praised. | I had been praising. |
Pres. | Praise. | Do praise. | Be praising. | Do be praising. |
Verbals | Verbal Phrases | ||
Inf. | praise. | Inf. Ph. | have praised. |
Pres. Part. | praising. | Pres. Part. Ph. | having praised. |
Past Part. | praised (Passive). | Past. Part. Ph. | |
Gerund | praising. | Gerund Ph. | having praised. |
COMMON FORM | PROGRESSIVE FORM | |
Pres. | I am praised. | I am being praised. |
Past | I was praised. | I was being praised. |
Future Past Perf. Fut. Perf. | I shall be praised. I had been praised. I shall have been praised. | Phrases possible but not in common use. 4 |
Subjunctive Mode | ||
Pres. | I be praised. | I be being praised. |
Past | I were praised. | I were being praised. |
Pres. Perf. Past Perf. | I have been praised. I had been praised. | | Not in common use. |
(Second person only).
Pres. | Be praised. | Do be praised. |
Verbals and Verbal Phrases | |
Past Part. | praised (Passive). |
Inf. Phrases | be praised. have been praised. |
Part, and Gerund Phrases | being praised, having been praised. |
COMMON FORM | EMPHATIC FORM | PROGRESSIVE FORM | |
Pres. | He writes. | He does write. | He is writing. |
Past | He wrote. | He did write. | He was writing. |
Future | He will write. | He will be writing. | |
Pres. Perf. | He has written. | He has been writing. | |
Past Perf. | He had written. | He had been writing. | |
Fut. Perf. | He will have written. | He will have been writing. | |
Pres. | He write. | He be writing. |
Past | He wrote. | He were writing. |
Pres. Perf. | He have written. | He have been writing. |
Past Perf. | He had written. | He had been writing. |
Pres. | Write. | Do write. | Do be writing. | Be writing. |
Verbals | Verbal Phrases | ||
Inf. | write. | Inf. Ph. | have written. |
Pres. Part. | writing. | Pres. Part. Ph. | having written. |
Past. Part. | written (Passive). | ||
Gerund | writing. | Gerund Ph. | having written. |
 
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