ABSTRACT
Time and tense.—Past, present and future time with subdivisions. —Tenses of English verbs.—Present tense.—Formation of preterit. —Tense-phrases.—Perfect and pluperfect.—Expanded tenses.—Use of the present tense.—Present time.—Past time.—Future time.—Auxiliaries of the perfect and pluperfect.—Old and modern use of be.—Inclusive time.—I have got.—Use of the preterit and perfect.—Used to.—Preterit for before-past time.—The pluperfect. —Infinitive.—Imperative.—Participles.—Second participle. —Perfect participle.—Gerund.
