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241. INFLECTIONS OF THE VERB CHOOSE.
Indicative Mood.
PRESENT TENSE.
Singular. Plural.
1. I choose We choose 2. You choose You choose 3. [He] chooses [They] choose
PAST TENSE.
Singular. Plural.
1. I chose We chose 2. You chose You chose 3. [He] chose [They] chose
Subjunctive Mood.
PRESENT TENSE.
Singular. Plural.
1. I choose We choose 2. You choose You choose 3. [He] choose [They] choose
PAST TENSE.
Singular. Plural.
1. I chose We chose 2. You chose You chose 3. [He] chose [They] chose
Imperative Mood.
PRESENT TENSE, Singular and Plural, Choose.
FULL CONJUGATION OF THE VERB CHOOSE.
[Sidenote: Machinery of a verb in the voices, tenses, etc.]
242. In addition to the above inflected forms, there are many periphrastic or compound forms, made up of auxiliaries with the infinitives and participles. Some of these have been indicated in Sec. 240, (2).
The ordinary tenses yet to be spoken of are made up as follows:—
(1) Future tense, by using shall and will with the simple or root form of the verb; as, “I shall be,” “He will choose.”
(2) Present perfect, past perfect, future perfect, tenses, by placing have, had, and shall (or will) have before the past participle of any verb; as, “I have gone” (present perfect), “I had gone” (past perfect), “I shall have gone” (future perfect).
(3) The definite form of each tense, by using auxiliaries with the imperfect participle active; as, “I am running,” “They had been running.”
(4) The passive forms, by using the forms of the verb be before the past participle of verbs; as, “I was chosen,” “You are chosen.”
243. The following scheme will show how rich our language is in verb phrases to express every variety of meaning. Only the third person, singular number, of each tense, will be given.
ACTIVE VOICE.
Indicative Mood.
