Imperative Mood
PRESENT TENSE, _Singular and Plural_, Choose.
FULL CONJUGATION OF THE VERB _CHOOSE_.
[Sidenote: _Machinery of a verb in the voices, tenses, etc._]
242. In addition to the above _inflected_ forms, there are many
periphrastic or _compound_ forms, made up of auxiliaries with the
infinitives and participles. Some of these have been indicated in
Sec. 240, (2).
The ordinary tenses yet to be spoken of are made up as follows:--
(1) _Future tense_, by using _shall_ and _will_ with the simple or
root form of the verb; as, "I _shall be_," "He _will choose._"
(2) _Present perfect_, _past perfect_, _future perfect_, tenses, by
placing _have_, _had_, and _shall_ (or _will_) _have_ before the past participle of any verb; as,
"I _have gone_" (present perfect),
"I _had gone_" (past perfect),
"I _shall have gone_" (future perfect).
(3) The _definite form_ of each tense, by using auxiliaries with the
imperfect participle active; as,
"I _am running_,"
"They _had been running_."
(4) The _passive forms_, by using the forms of the verb _be_ before
the past participle of verbs; as,
"I _was chosen_,"
"You _are chosen_."
243. The following scheme will show how rich our language is in verb phrases to express every variety of meaning. Only the third person, singular number, of each tense, will be given.
ACTIVE VOICE
Indicative Mood
_Present._ He chooses.
_Present definite._ He is choosing.
_Past._ He chose.
_Past definite._ He was choosing.
_Future._ He will choose.
_Future definite._ He will he choosing.
_Present perfect._ He has chosen.
_Present perfect definite._ He has been choosing.
_Past perfect._ He had chosen.
_Past perfect definite._ He had been choosing.
_Future perfect._ He will have chosen.
_Future perfect definite._ He will have been choosing.
Subjunctive Mood
_Present._ [If, though, he choose.
_Present definite._ lest, etc.] he be choosing.
_Past._ " he chose (or were to choose).
_Past definite._ " he were choosing
(or were to be choosing).
_Present perfect._ " he have chosen.
_Present perfect definite._ " he have been choosing.
_Past perfect._ " Same as indicative.
_Past perfect definite._ " " "
Imperative Mood
_Present._ (2d per.) Choose.
_Present definite._ " Be choosing.
NOTE.--Since participles and infinitives are not really verbs, but
verbals, they will be discussed 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.]
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