be in the present tense.--The past participle is an adjective. LECTURE XII. ON VERBS. =Mood=.--Indicative.--Imperative.--Infinitive.--Former distinctions.-- Subjunctive mood.--=Time=.--Past.--Present.--Future.--The future explained.--How formed.--Mr. Murray's distinction of time.--Imperfect.-- Pluperfect.--Second future.--How many tenses.--=Auxiliary Verbs=.--Will. --Shall.--May.--Must.--Can.--Do.--Have. LECTURE XIII. ON VERBS. Person and number in the agent, not in the action.--Similarity of agents, actions, and objects.--Verbs made from nouns.--Irregular verbs.--Some examples.--Regular Verbs.--_Ed_.--_Ing_.--Conjugation of verbs.--To love.--To have.--To be.--The indicative mood varied.--A whole sentence may be agent or object.--Imperative mood.--Infinitive mood.--Is always future. LECTURE XIV. ON CONTRACTIONS. A temporary expedient.--Words not understood.--All words must have a meaning.--Their formation.--Changes of meaning and form.--Should be observed.--=Adverbs=.--Ending in _ly_.--Examples.--Ago.--Astray.--Awake. --Asleep.--Then, when.--There, where, here.--While, till.--Whether, together.--Ever, never, whenever, etc.--Oft.--Hence.--Perhaps.--Not. --Or.--Nor.--Than.--As.--So.--Conjunctions.--Rule 18.--If.--But.--Tho. --Yet. LECTURES ON LANGUAGE. LECTURE I. GENERAL VIEW OF LANGUAGE. Study of Language long considered difficult.--Its importance.--Errors