Sing. 1. I shall have struck Sing. 1. I shall have been (or will.) 2. Thou shalt have struck. 3. He shall have struck. 2. Thou shalt have been struck. 3. He shall have been struck. have Plu. 1. We shall have been Plu. 1. We shall struck. 2. You shall have struck. 3. They shall have struck. struck. 2. You shall have been struck. 3. They shall have been struck, Sing. 1. I may strike (can or Sing. 1. I may be struck must.) 2. Thou mayest strike. 3. He may strike. (can, or must.) 2. Thou mayest be struck. 3. He may be struck. Sing. 1. I may have struck Sing. 1. I may have been (can, or must.) 2. Thou mayest have 3. He may have struck. struck (can, or must.) 2. Thou mayest have been struck. 3. He may have been struck. have Plu. 1. We may have been Plu. 1. We may struck. 2. You may have struck. 2. You may have been struck. 3. They may have been struck. ACTIVE VOICE. Pluperfect. PASSIVE VOICE. Pluperfect. Sing. 1. I might have struck Sing. 1. I might have been The rest of the Subjunctive is like the remaining tenses of the Indicative with a Conjunction, such as if, before them. But the termination of the auxiliary is sometimes dropped; as, If thou have struck. Note 1.-The chief parts of the English Verb are the Infinitive, the Past Tense Indicative, and the Past Participle. 2. The Infinitive is the root of the whole Verb. 3. The Tenses of the Active Voice, in which auxiliaries are found, are formed by adding to the helping Verbs, either the Infinitive strike or the Participle struck. The sign to is not found after the auxiliary; as, I shall (to) strike; I might (to) strike. The auxiliary ought is an exception; as, I ought to strike. VARIOUS FORMS OF A TENSE. Besides the simple forms just given, many of the Tenses assume other forms — Progressive, Emphatic or Expletive, Interrogative, Negative. 1. The Progressive Forms, which express the action as going on, are made by putting the Present Participle Active after the parts of the Verb Be; as, I am striking; he has been striking, &c. 2. The Emphatic Form, which is confined to the Tenses without auxiliaries, is made by putting do or did before the Infinitive; as, I do strike; He did go. We make the other Tenses emphatic by laying stress on the auxiliary; as, We may see him; He might have come. Note. The same form was once largely used in poetical language to fill up a gap in the metre of a line. In this use it is called Expletive; as, "While expletives their feeble aid do join."-POPE. The Expletive form abounds to a faulty excess in Spenser. |