First Grammar Lessons: Part III, Lesson III

First Grammar Lessons: Part III, Lesson III

Lesson III

The next is the mood that tells or declares what happens:

We walk.
They walked.
I am walking.
He will walk.

These verbs are all in the declaring mood, as they just say what takes place.

This mood is called Indicative, which is another word for declaring.

The indicative mood also asks questions.

Indicative mood are always predicates, and always have subjects. When a question is asked, the subject comes after the verb, instead of before it:

Is Charles a good boy?
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Verbs that have subjects are in the indicative mood.

Exercise III

1. Put six verbs that declare something after each of the following words (such as baby, the boy).

2. Change each of the sentences into the form of a question, as:

The baby laughs. Does the baby laugh?

3. Put the two following into sentences containing the same name-word, and the verb in the indicative mood:

Charles _____ to walk. (Charles is walking).
The dog _____ to howl.

4. Put the same sentences into the form of a question, as:

Charles is walking. Is Charles walking?

5. Make six sentences with the verb in the indicative mood after each of the following subjects, (a) declaring, (b) questioning:

The horse with the long tail.
The white cat.
The lame duck.

6. Find all the verbs in the indicative mood in a page of a reading book.