+The _Past Perfect Participle_ denotes action or being as completed at a
time previous to that indicated by the predicate+.
+_Tense_ is that modification of the verb which expresses the time of the
action or being+.
+The _Present Tense_ expresses action or being as present+.
+The _Past Tense_ expresses action or being as past+.
+The _Future Tense_ expresses action or being as yet to come+.
+The _Present Perfect Tense_ expresses action or being as completed at the
present time+.
+The _Past Perfect Tense_ expresses action or being as completed at some
past time+.
+The _Future Perfect Tense _expresses action or being to be completed at
some future time+.
+_Number _and _Person _of a verb are those modifications that show its
agreement with the number and person of its subject+.
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LESSON 132.
FORMS OF THE VERB.
CONJUGATION.
+DEFINITIONS+.
+_Conjugation_ is the regular arrangement of all the forms of the verb+.
+_Synopsis _is the regular arrangement of the forms of one number and
person in all the modes and tenses+.
+_Auxiliary Verbs _are those that help in the conjugation of other verbs.+
The auxiliaries are _do, did, have, had, shall, should, will, would, may,
might, can, could, must,_ and _be_ (with all its variations, see Lesson
135).
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