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HOW TO PARSE

[Par. 83, 84.

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V r Kind and TState, or
er Voice. ense. Division of Tense.
Voice.

had made Trans. Act. Past Complete
fled Intr. Act. Past Indefinite
was forced Passive 1 Past Indefinite
had closed Tr. Act. Past Complete
was2 - Past Indefinite
had seen Tr. Act. Past Complete
were coming Intr. Act. Past Incomplete
had 3 Tr. Act. Past Indefinite
shall do Tr. Act. Future Indefinite
cried Tr. Act. Past Indefinite
didst leave Tr. Act. Past Indefinite
wast - Past Indefinite
wilt be - Future Indefinite
was walking Intr. Act. Past Incomplete
held Tr. Act. Past Indefinite
found Tr. Act. Past Indefinite
has pierced Tr. Act. Present Complete
is suffering Intr. Act. Present Incomplete
"Governing" an Object.
Where a word, e.g. he, has one form when used as a
Subject, he, and another when used as an Object, him - the
Verb is sometimes said to govern the Object, because the
Verb, as it were, controls and alters the form of the Object.
1 Passive verbs are necessarily Transitive; this, therefore, may
be taken for granted, and "' Transitive " need not be repeated every
time with " Passive.'
2 " Be," " was," &c., are not called either Active or Passive. See
Par. 147.
3 Carefully distinguish the Indefinite Past " had," when used by
itself, from the Complete Past "had seen him."