. We were, ye were, they were.
Preterit compound. I have been, &c.
Future. I shall have been, &c.

Potential.

I may or can; would, could, or should be; could,
would, or should have been, &c.

Infinitive.

Present. To be.
Preterit. To have been.
Participle present. Being.
Participle preterit. Having been.

Passive Voice. Indicative Mood.

I am loved, &c. I was loved, &c. I have been
loved, &c.

Conjunctive Mood.

If I be loved, &c. If I were loved, &c. If I shall
have been loved, &c.

Potential Mood.

I may or can be loved, &c. I might, could, or
should be loved, &c. I might, could, or should
have been loved, &c.

Infinitive.

Present. To be loved.
Preterit. To have been loved.
Participle. Loved.

There is another form of English verbs, in which the infinitive mood is
joined to the verb do in its various inflections, which are therefore to be
learned in this place.

To do.

Indicative. Present.

Sing. I do, thou dost, he doth;
Plur. We do, ye do, they do.

Preterit.

Sing. I did, thou didst, he did;
Plur. We did, ye did, they did.
Preterit., &c. I have done, &c. I had done, &c.
Future. I shall or will do, &c.

Imperative.

Sing. Do thou, let him do;
Plur. Let us do, do ye, let them do.

Conjunctive. Present.

Sing. I do, thou do, he do;
Plur. We do, ye do, they do.

The rest are as in the Indicative.

Infinite. To do, to have done.
Participle present. Doing.
Participle preterit. Done.

Do is sometimes used superfluously, as I do love, I did love; simply for I
love, or I loved; but this is considered as a vitious mode of speech.

It is sometimes used emphatically; as,

I do love thee, and when I love thee not,
Chaos is come again. Shakespeare.

It is frequently joined with a negative; as, I like her, but I do not love
her; I wished him success, but did not help him. This, by custom at least,
appears more easy than the other form of expressing the same sense by a
negative adverb after the verb, I like her, but love her not.

The imperative prohibitory is seldom applied in the second person, at least
in prose, without the word do; as, Stop him, but do not hurt him; Praise
beauty, but do not dote on it.

Its chief use is in interrogative forms of speech, in which it is used
through all the persons; as, Do I live? Dost thou strike me? Do they rebel?
Did I complain? Didst thou love her? Did she die? So