For example

I am reading.
I was reading.

The passive form is a form of the verb to be joined to the passive participle.

For example

I am pleased.
I was pleased.

Note

Do not mistake the meaning of the am form with the meaning of the was form.

In the emphatic form, the auxiliary do is added to the simple verb for the present and did for the past.
This use of do is found only in the indicative and the imperative mode.

The following are the forms for the verb to read:

Progressive Indicative Mode

• I am reading.
• I have been reading.
• I was reading.
• I had been reading.
• I shall be reading.
• I shall have been reading.

Potential Mode

• I may be reading.
• I may have been reading.
• I might be reading.
• I might have been reading.

Subjunctive Mode

• if I am reading
• if I be reading
• if I have been reading
• if I was reading
• if I were reading
• if I had been reading
• if I shall be reading
• if I shall have been reading

Imperative Mode

• Be reading.

Infinitive Mode

• to be reading
• to have been reading

Participle Form

• reading
• having been reading

Emphatic Form Indicative Mode

• I do read.
• I did read.

Emphatic Form Imperative Mode

• Do read.

At this point proceed to Exercise 27.