116. The future perfect tense denotes that the action will be completed at some future time. It is formed by using the auxiliary verbs shall or will with the perfect tense of the verb; as, I shall have played We shall have played You will have played They will have played EXERCISE 19 Give the tense, person, and number of every verb in the following sentences: 1. We shall find, either of us, enough Franks on whom to exercise both sword and lance. 2. From me he will have only favor. 3. The Panama Canal will have been completed before the close of the first quarter of the twentieth century. 4. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, which has become the charter of all our liberties. 5. We had been invited to meet his guests. 6. They who seek wealth become selfish in the search. 7. I know thee who thou art. 8. Art thou he whom we expect or look we for another? 9. Shall you have a friend with you? 10. He fixed his eyes upon me who was his friend. 11. You are the only man that can accomplish it. 12. Silver and gold have I none. 13. Slowly and sadly we laid him down. 14. We shall have had enough before he gets through. 15. And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. CHAPTER XI THE VERB: INDICATIVE MODE 117. Mode (Latin modus, manner) is that property of verbs which shows the manner of the declaration made by the verb. There are three modes: the indicative, the imperative, and the subjunctive. 118. The indicative mode declares a fact or asks a question of fact; as, (1) North America is in the western hemisphere. (2) Were you in school yesterday? The indicative mode has forms in all numbers, persons, tenses, and voices. |