First Grammar Lessons: Part III, Lesson I

We have used ‘to’ as a preposition, but it can only be a preposition when it goes before its object.

We often find ‘to’ before a verb; then it is not a preposition, but just a little sign belonging to the verb, and showing in what way it is used.

There are different ways or modes of using a verb.

You may use it with ‘to’ before it:

He learns to write.

You may just say that the action happens:

He writes.

You may be in doubt about it:

If he write a page.

Or you may tell him to

Write.

These different ways or modes of using a verb are called moods, a word which means the same thing.

To be learnt.

Verbs are used in different ways.

These ways are called moods.