PARTICIPLE of the

Prefent Tenfe, Educating.

Of the Formation of the Verb Paffive, To be Educated. Q. How is the Verb Paffive conjugated?

A. By the Help of the Verb Am or Be, and their Derivatives Q. Give an Example.

1.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

Prefent Tenfe.

Sing. I am educated; thou art er you are educated; he is educated. Plur. We are educated; ye or you are educated ; they are educated.

Preterperfect Tenfe.

Sing. I have been educated; thou haft, or you have been. educated; he hath or has been educated. Plur. We have ·been educated; ye or you have been educated; they have been educated.

Preterimperfect Tenfe.

Sing. I was educated; thou wait, or you was educated; he was educated. Plur. We were educated; ye or you were educated; they were educated.

Preterpluperfect Tenfe.

Sing. Ihad been educated; thou hadit, or you had been educated; he had been educated. Plur. We had been educated; ye or you had been educated; they had been educated.

First Future Tenfe.

Sing. I fhall or will be educated; thou fhalt

wilt, or

you fhall or will be educated; he fhall or will be educated. Plur. We fhall or will be educated; ye or you shall or will be educated; they fhall or will be educated.

F 2

Second Future Tenje.

Sing. I fhall or will be educated hereafter; thou shalt or wilt, or you fhall or will be educated hereafter; he shall or will be educated hereafter. Plur. We fhall or will be educated hereafter; ye or you fhall or will be educated hereafter; they fhall or will be educated hereafter.

IMPERATIVE MOO D.

Sing. Be thou educated; let him be educated. Plur. Let as be educated; be ye educated; let them be educated.

POTENTIAL MOOD.
Prefent Tenfe.

Sing. I may or can be educated; thou mayeft or canft, or you may or can be educated; he may or can be educated. Plur. We may or can be educated; ye or you may or can be educated; they may or can be educated.

Preterperfect Tenfe.

Sing. I might or could have been educated; thou mightest or couldft, or you might or could have been educated; he might or could have been educated. Plur. We might or could have been educated; ye or you might or could have been educated; they might or could have been educated.

Preterimperfect Tenfe.

Sing. I might or could be educated; thou mighteft or couldnt, or you might or could be educated; he might or could be educated. Plur. We might or could be educated; ye or you might or could be educated; they might or could be educated

Preterpluperfect Tenfe.

Sing. I might or could have had been educated; thou mighteft or couldft, or you migh or could have had been educated; he might or could have had been educated. Plur. We might or could have had been educated; ye or you might or could have had been educated; they might or could have had been educated,

Firt

First Future Tenfe is wanting.

Second Future Tenfe."

Sing. I may or can be educated hereafter; thou mayeft or anft, or you may or can be educated hereafter; he may or can be educated hereafter. Plur. We may or can be educated hereafter; ye or you may or can be educated hereafter; they may or can be educated hereafter.

The Optative Mood, is made by prefixing an Adverb of wishing to the Potential Mood; as, O that I can be educated! or, O that I could be educated, &c.

The Subjunctive Mood, is made by prefixing a Conjunction to the Potential Mood; as, If I could be educated, &c.

INFINITIVE MOOD.

Prefent Tenfe, To be educated.

Preterperfect Tenfe, To have been educated.

Preterimperfect Tenfe,

Preterpluperfect Tenfe, and

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are wanting.

Firft future Tenfe,

Second future Tenfe, To be educated hereafter.

PARTICIPLE of the
Preter Tenfe, Educated.

Q. How are Verbs Neuter formed?

A. Some like Verbs active, and fome like Verbs paffive. Q. How are Verbs Imperfonal farmed?

A. Imperfonals are formed throughout all Moods and Tenfes in the Third Perfon fingular only.

Q. Give an Example of the Formation of the Verb Imperfonal active, It rains.

4.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

Prefent Tenfe, It rains, or doth, or does rain, or it raineth.
Preterperfect Tenfe, It hath rained.

Preterimperfect Tenfe, It rained, or did rain.

Preterpluperfect Tenfe, It had rained.

First Future Tenfe, It fall, or will rain.

Second Future Tenfe, It fhall, or will rain hereafter.
IMPERATIVE MOOD, Let it rain,

POTENTIAL MOOD.

Prefent Tenfe, It may, or can rain.

Preterferfect Tenfe, It might, or could have rained.
Preterimperfect Tenfe, It might or could rain.

Preterpluperfect Tenfe, It might, or could have had rained.
First Future Tenfe is wanting.

Second Future Tenfe, It may, or can rain hereafter.

The Optative Mood is made by prefixing an Adverb of avibing to the Potential Mood; as, O that it might rain! &c. The Subjunctive Mood is made by prefixing a Conjunction to the Potential Mood; as, If it might rain, &c.

The INFINITIVE MOOD is wanting.

Q. Give an Example of the Formation of the Verb Imperfonal paffive, It is reported.

A.

NDICATIVE MOOD.

Prefent Tenfe, It is reported.

Preterperfect Tenfe, It hath, or has been reported.
Preterimperfect Tenfe, It was reported.

Preterpluperfect Tenfe, It had been reported.

First Future Tenfe, It fhall, or will be reported.
Second Future Tenfe, It fhall, or will be reported hereafter.
IMPERATIVE MOOD, Let it be reported.

POTENTIAL MOOD.

Prefent Tenfe, It may, or can be reported.

Preterperfect Tenfe, It might, or could have been reported. Preterimperfect Tenfe, It might, or could be reported. Preterpluperfect Tenfe, It might, or could have had been reported.

First Future Tenfe is wanting.

• Second Future Tenfe, It may, or can be reported hereafter, The Optative Mood is made by prefixing an Adverb of wishing to the Potential Mood; as, O that it might be reported! The Subjunctive Mood is made by prefixing a Conjunction to the Potential Mood; as, If it might be reported.

The INFINITIVE MOOD is rwanting.

CHAT.

CHAP. VI.

Of the PARTICIPLE.
HAT is a Participle?

& WH

A. A Participle is a Part of Speech derived of a Verb, and fignifies Being, Doing, or Suffering, and alfo implies Time, as a Verb does; but is otherwife like a Noun Adjectives Q. How many Participles are there?

A. Two; the Active Participle, that ends in ing; as, loving; and the Paffive Participle, that ends in d, t, or n; as, laved, taught, flain.

CHAP. VII.

Of an ADVER B.

2. WHAT is an Adverb ?

A. An Adverb is a Part of Speech commonly fet before a Verb, either to declare and fix the Meaning there of, or to give fome Force and Diftinction thereto; as, There is Sorrow, where there is Pain.

Q. Which are Adverbs ?

A. Thefe following moft commonly occurg Already, always, as, afunder, by and by, by or hard by, donymward, elfewhere, enough, ever, far or far off, hence, henceforth, bere, hereafter, heretofore, hither, bow, how great, how many, how much, I, if I might, indeed, I wish, nay, never, no, not, now, no where, often, oftentimes, O, Ob, Oh that, peradventure, perhaps, rather, feldom, fo, than, then, thence, there, thither, to-day, to-morrow, very, upward, when, whence, where, whither, yea, yes, yesterday, yefternight: Alfo all fuch Adverbs in ly, as are derived from Adjectives; as, justly, wifely, truly, prudently, bravely, &c. and all Ordinals; as, once, twice, thrice, four times, five times, &c.

Q. Are not fome Adverbs compared?

A. Yes; efpecially Adverbs in ly; as, wifely, more wiftly, -very wifely..

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CHAP. VIII.

Of a CONJUNCTION.
HAT is a Conjunction ?

A. A Conjuction is a Part of Speech that joins Words and Sentences together: Shews the Reafon of a Thi or lays the Subject under a Condition.