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later (Sec. 262). PASSIVE VOICE. Indicative Mood. _Present._ He is chosen. _Present definite._ He is being chosen. _Past._ He was chosen. _Past definite._ He was being chosen. _Future._ He will be chosen. _Future definite._ None. _Present perfect._ He has been chosen. _Present perfect definite._ None. _Past perfect._ He had been chosen. _Past perfect definite._ None. _Future perfect._ He will have been chosen. _Future perfect definite._ None. Subjunctive Mood. _Present._. [If, though, he be chosen. _Present definite._ lest, etc.] None. _Past._ " he were chosen (or were to be chosen). _Past definite._ " he were being chosen. _Present perfect._ " he have been chosen. _Present perfect definite._ " None. _Past Perfect._ " he had been chosen. _Past perfect definite._ " None. Imperative Mood. _Present tense._ (2d per.) Be chosen. Also, in _affirmative sentences_, the indicative present and past tenses have emphatic forms made up of _do_ and _did_ with the infinitive or simple form; as, "He _does strike_," "He _did strike_." [_Note to Teacher_.--This table is not to be learned now; if learned at all, it should be as practice work on strong and weak verb forms. Exercises should be given, however, to bring up sentences containing such of these conjugation forms as the pupil will find readily in literature.] VERBS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO FORM. [Sidenote: _Kinds._] 244. According to form, verbs are strong or weak. [Sidenote: _Definition._] A strong verb forms its past tense by changing the vowel of the present tense form, but adds no ending; as, _run_, _ran_; _drive_, _drove_. A weak verb always adds an ending to the present to form the past tense, and _may_ or _may not_ change the vowel: as, _beg_, _begged_; _lay_, _laid_; _sleep_, _slept_; _catch_, _caught_. 245. TABLE OF STRONG VERBS. NOTE. Some of these also have weak forms, which are in parentheses _Present Tense._ _Past Tense._ _Past Participle._ abide abode
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