Shall or will, combined with the present infinitive.
Simple futurity; foretelling. (712.)

Shall or will, combined with the present infinitive have and the

May, can, or must, combined with the present infinitive.

Ought is combined with the present infinitive, as follows:

May, can, or must, combined with the present infinitive have

Past Tense

Might, could, would, or should, combined with the present infinitive.

SINGULAR NUMBER

1. (I) might be,

PLURAL NUMBER

1. (We) might be,

2. (You) might be, or (Thou) mightst be, 2. (You) might be,

3. (He) might be;

3. (They) might be.

Past Perfect Tense

Might, could, would, or should, combined with the present infinitive have and the perfect participle.

I. (I) might have been,

I. (We) might have been,

2. (You) might have been, or Thou mightst have been,

2. (You) might have been,

3. (He) might have been;

Ought is combined with the present infinitive to have and the perfect participle.

3. (They) might have been.

(I, you, he, we, or they) to have been or have been.

Or we may say (me, him, us, or them) to be, etc.

PARTICIPIAL MOOD

Present Tense

(I, you, he, we, or they) being.

Present Perfect Tense

(I, you, he, we, or they) having been.

To conjugate a verb in the passive voice, add the perfect participle of the verb to the conjugation of the verb be (616), thus:

SINGULAR NUMBER

1. (I) am seen,

2. (You) are seen,

3. (He) is seen ;

PLURAL NUMBER

1. (We) are seen,

2. (You) are seen,

3. (They) are seen, etc.

To conjugate a verb in the progressive form (697), add the present participle of the verb to the conjugation of the verb be, thus:

1. (I) am seeing,

2. (You) are seeing,

1. (We) are seeing,

2. (You) are seeing,

3. (He) is seeing;

3. (They) are seeing, etc.

719. SYNOPSIS OF THE VERB “BE," WITH “THOU”

"If thou wert," and "If thou hadst been," are also sometimes used by good writers.

Present tense,

POTENTIAL MOOD

(Thou) mayst, canst, or must be.

Present perfect tense, (Thou) mayst, canst, or must have been.

Past tense,

Past perfect tense,

(Thou) mightst, couldst, wouldst, or shouldst be. (Thou) mightst, couldst, wouldst, or shouldst

have been.

Present tense,

Present tense,

IMPERATIVE MOOD

Be (thou), or Do (thou) be.

INFINITIVE MOOD

(Thou) to be, or (Thee) to be.

Present perfect tense, (Thou) to have been, or (Thee) to have been.

720. Write a synopsis of "be," with "James" as its subWith "they."

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