[357.] Table for Sequence of Tenses

Principal Verb in the
Indicative		Dependent Verbs in the Subjunctive
Incomplete or
Continuing Action		Completed Action
P
r
i
m
a
r
y		Present
Future
Future perfect		PresentPerfect
S
e
c
o
n
d
a
r
y		Imperfect
Perfect
Pluperfect		ImperfectPluperfect

[358.] Rule. Sequence of Tenses. Primary tenses are followed by primary tenses and secondary by secondary.

[359.] EXAMPLES

I. Primary tenses in principal and dependent clauses:

Mittit
Mittet
Mīserit		hominēs ut agrōs vāstent
Hesends
will send
will have sent		menthat they may
in order to
to		lay waste the fields

II. Secondary tenses in principal and dependent clauses:

Mittēbat
Mīsit
Mīserat		hominēs ut agrōs vāstārent
Hewas sending
sent or has sent
had sent		menthat they might
in order to
to		lay waste the fields

[360.] EXERCISES

I.