How to Form Verb Tenses in the active voice. For verbs of the 1st conjugation (-are) and the 2



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forming verb tenses - indicative
Writing 1002F Grammar exercises and corrections, Writing 1002F Grammar exercises and corrections
Future Tense: will be -----ed

1. Go to the 2nd principal part and drop the –re



2. Add the personal endings (-bor,–beris, -bitur, -bimur, -bimini, -buntur)

Perfect Tense: (has/have been -----ed; was -----ed

1. Go to the 4th principal part and drop the –um (=participial stem)



2. Determine if verb is singular or plural.

-if singular…add on to participial stem –us (M), or –a (F), or –um (N)

-if plural…add on to participial stem –i (M), or –ae (F), or –a (N)

- then, add as a separate word sum, es, est, sumus, estis, sunt



Pluperfect Tense: (had been ------ed)

1. Go to the 4th principal part and drop the –um (=participial stem)



2. Determine if verb is singular or plural.

-if singular…add on to participial stem –us (M), or –a (F), or –um (N)

-if plural…add on to participial stem –i (M), or –ae (F), or –a (N)

- then, add as a separate word eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant




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