Articoli correlati a A New English Grammar for the Junior Classes in Schools
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ... past tense speaks of an act done and completed: As, the lady sat down whom the gentleman greeted. Past time is by some divided Into three parts, thus decided: The imperfect speaks of something that was doing: The maid was baking, the man and boy were brewing.. To this too you the name may give Of past: or, past progressive. The past emphatic doth with emphasis declare: The girls did dance: the boys did laugh: the men did stare. The simple past doth merely state the fact: We sang: they danced and laughed: a simple act. LESSON XLVI. THE PERFECT TENSE. The perfect tense speaks of an act completed and done: As, The boys all went to the fair and enjoyed the fuu; Or, of an act junt done; and complete in itself: Perfect complete: I have left my book on the shelf; Or, of an act not altogether complete: As, I have been walking through the street. With the simple perfect, the perfect complete, And the perfect progressive, thus we meet. THE PLUPERFECT TENSE. The pluperfect speaks of an act already done and past: As, I had danced three times before I danced the last; Or, I had been dancing when my sister stood aghast. THE FUTURE TENSB. The future tense speaks of that which is to be: As, Within a week we all shall go to sea. Two future tenses are generally reckoned: Incomplete the first, complete the second. The first or simple future states what will or shall be: As, You shall find good girls and boys we will all be. The future perfect, that which will have been completed: As the boy who pays a pound will have been cheated. EXERCISE 54. Tell the moods and tenses of the verbs in the following sentences: 'I will go, if you will stay. We shall work, but you may play. My lesson Sood I shall have done, Then I'll go and have some fun. I have learnt to be...
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