CHAPTER VI--VERBS

Classification of Verbs 91 253 Auxiliary Verbs--Verb-Phrases 91 253 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs 92 253 Copulative Verbs 93 253 Inflection of Verbs 94 254 Tense of Verbs 94 254 Present and Past Tenses 94 254 Weak (Regular) and Strong (Irregular) Verbs 95 254 Person and Number 97 254 The Personal Endings 97 254 Conjugation of the Present and the Past 98 254 Special Rules of Number and Person 100 254 The Future Tense--_Shall_ and _Will_ 102 256 Complete or Compound Tenses 106 258 Voice--Active and Passive 107 258 Conjugation of the Six Tenses 108 258 Use of the Passive Voice 110 258 Progressive Verb-Phrases 113 260 Emphatic Verb-Phrases 114 260 Mood of Verbs 115 261 Indicative Mood 115 261 Imperative Mood 116 261 Subjunctive Mood--Forms 118 261 Uses of the Subjunctive 119 261 Potential Verb-Phrases (Modal Auxiliaries) 124 262 Special Rules for _Should_ and _Would_ 127 264 The Infinitive 132 266 The Infinitive as a Noun 134 266 The Infinitive as a Modifier 136 266 The Infinitive Clause 137 267 Participles--Forms and Constructions 140 268 Nominative Absolute 144 269 Verbal Nouns in _-ing_ (Participial Nouns) 145 269