TO THE TEACHES.--Require the pupils to fill out these forma with other
verbs, regular and irregular, using the auxiliaries named above.
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LESSON 135.
FORMS OF THE VERB-CONTINUED.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB +BE+.
[Footnote: The conjugation of _be_ contains three distinct roots--_as, be,
was_. _Am, art, is, are_ are from _as_. _Am_ = _as-m_ (_m_ is the _m_ in
_me_). _Art_ = _as-t_ (_t_ is the _th_ in _thou_).
Be was formerly conjugated, I _be_, Thou _beest_, He _beth_ or _bes_; _We
be_, _Ye be_, _They be_.]
+Direction+.--Learn the following forms, paying no attention to the line at
the right of each verb:--
INDICATIVE MODE.
PRESENT TENSE.
_Singular. Plural._
1. (I) am ----, 1. (We) are ----,
2. (You) are ---- _or_ 2. (You) are ----,
(Thou) art ----,
3. (He) is ----; 3. (They) are ----.
PAST TENSE.
1. (I) was ----, 1. (We) were ----,
2. (You) were ---- _or_ 2. (You) were ----,
(Thou) wast ----,
3. (He) was ----; 3. (They) were ----.
FUTURE TENSE.
1. (I) shall be ----, 1. (We) shall be ----,
2. (You) will be ---- _or_ 2.
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