If I be ----, 1. If we be ----,
2. If you be ---- _or _ 2. If you be ----,
If thou be ----,
3. If he be ----; 3. If they be ----.
PAST TENSE.
1. If I were ----, 1. If we were ----,
2. If you were ---- _or_ 2. If you were ----,
If thou wert ----,
3. If he were ----; 3. If they were ----.
IMPERATIVE MODE.
PRESENT TENSE.
2. Be (you _or_ them) ----; 2. Be (you)------.
INFINITIVES.
PRESENT TENSE.
To be ----.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.
To have been ----.
PARTICIPLES.
PRESENT. PAST. PAST PERFECT.
Being ----. Been. Having been ----.
+To the Teacher+.--After the pupils have become thoroughly familiar with
the verb _be_ as a principal verb, teach them to use it as an auxiliary in
making the +Progressive Form+ and the +Passive Form+.
The _progressive form_ may be made by filling all the blanks with the
_present participle_ of some verb.
The _passive form_ may be made by filling all the blanks with the _past
participle_ of a _transitive_ verb.
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