Mood, Modality, Tense, Aspect, Voice, Number, and Person

 

Have you ever heard someone say that a verb was in the past tense? How about that it’s in the first person? Or maybe that something is in the passive voice or subjunctive mood? Or perhaps that a verb should agree in number with its subject. Here are seven categories that help us understand the functions of verbs.

 

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