LESSON 92.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB +SEE+ IN THE SIMPLE FORM.
+PRINCIPAL PARTS+.
Pres. Past. Past Par. See, saw, seen.
INDICATIVE MODE. PRESENT TENSE.
Singular. Plural. 1. I see, 1. We see, 2. You see, or 2. You see, Thou seest, 3. He sees; 3. They see.
PAST TENSE.
1. I saw, 1. We saw, 2. You saw, or 2. You saw, Thou sawest, 3. He saw; 3. They saw.
FUTURE TENSE.
1. I shall see, 1. We shall see, 2. You will see, or 2. You will see, Thou wilt see, 3. He will see; 3. They will see.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.
1. I have seen, 1. We have seen, 2. You have seen, or 2. You have seen, Thou hast seen 3. He has seen; 3. They have seen.
PAST PERFECT TENSE.
1. I had seen, 1. We had seen, 2. You had seen, or 2. You had seen, Thou hadst seen, 3. He had seen; 3. They had seen.
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE.
1. I shall have seen, 1. We shall have seen, 2. You will have seen, or 2. You will have seen, Thou wilt have seen, 3. He will have seen; 3. They will have seen.
POTENTIAL MODE.
PRESENT TENSE.
Singular. Plural. 1. I may see, 1. We may see, 2. You may see, or 2. You may see, Thou mayst see, 3. He may see; 3. They may see.
PAST TENSE.
1. I might see, 1. We might see, 2. You might see, or Thou mightst see, 2. You might see, 3. He might see; 3. They might see.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.
1. I may have seen, 1. We may have seen, 2. You may have seen, or 2. You may have seen Thou mayst have seen, 3. He may have seen; 3. They may have seen.
PAST PERFECT TENSE.
Singular. Plural. 1. I might have seen, 1. We might have seen, 2. You might have seen, or 2. You might have seen, Thou mightst have seen, 3. He might have seen; 3. They might have seen.
SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.
PRESENT TENSE.
Singular. Plural. 1. If I see, 1. If we see, 2. If you see, or 2. If you see, If thou see, 3. If he see; 3. If they see.
IMPERATIVE MODE.
PRESENT TENSE.
2. See (you or thou); 2. See (you).
INFINITIVES.
PRESENT TENSE.
To see.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.
To have seen.
PARTICIPLES.
PRESENT. PAST. PAST PERFECT.
Seeing, Seen, Having seen.
+To the Teacher+.—Let the pupils prefix do and did to the simple present see, and thus make the emphatic form of the present and the past tense.
Let can and must be used in place of may; and could, would, and should, in place of might.
Require the pupils to tell how each tense is formed, and to note all changes for agreement in number and person.
A majority of modern writers use the indicative forms instead of the subjunctive, in all of the tenses, unless it may be the present. The subjunctive forms of the verb to be are retained in the present and the past tense. Let the pupils understand that the mode and tense forms do not always correspond with the actual meaning. The ship sails next week. I may go to-morrow. The verbs sails and may go are present in form but future in meaning. If it rains by noon, he may not come. The verb rains is indicative in form but subjunctive in meaning.
The plural forms, You saw, You were, etc., are used in the singular also.