(To) be ----. (To) have been ----.
PARTICIPLES.
PRESENT. PAST. PAST PERFECT.
Being ----. Been. Having been ----.
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LESSON 136.
FORMS OF THE VERB--CONTINUED.
CONJUGATION--PROGRESSIVE AND PASSIVE FORMS.
A verb is conjugated in the +progressive form+ by joining its present
participle to the different forms of the verb _be_.
A transitive verb is conjugated in the +passive voice+ by joining its past
participle to the different forms of the verb _be_.
+Remark+.--The progressive form denotes a continuance of the action or
being; as, The birds _are singing_.
Verbs that in their simple form denote continuance--such as _love_,
_respect_, _know_--should not be conjugated in the progressive form. We
say, I _love_ the child--not I _am loving_ the child.
+Remarks+.--The progressive form is sometimes used with a passive meaning;
as, The house _is building_. In such cases the word in _ing_ was once a
verbal noun preceded by the preposition _a_, a contraction from _on_ or
_in_; as, While the ark _was a preparing_; While the flesh _was in
seething_. In modern language the preposition is dropped, and the word in
_ing_ is treated adjectively.
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