CONJUGATION OF THE VERB.

+DEFINITIONS+.

+_Conjugation_ is the regular arrangement of all the forms of the verb+.

+_Synopsis_ is the regular arrangement of the forms of one number and
person in all the modes and tenses+.

+_Auxiliary Verbs_ are those that help in the conjugation of other verbs+.

The auxiliaries are _do_, _be_, _have_, _shall_, _will_, _may_, _can_, and
_must_.

+The _Principal Parts_ of a verb are the present indicative or the present
infinitive, the past indicative, and the past participle+.

These are called _principal parts_, because all the other forms of the verb
are derived from them.

We give, below, the _principal parts_ of some of the most important
_irregular verbs_. Learn them.

_Present_. _Past_. _Past. Par._
Be _or_ am, was, been.
Begin, began, begun.
Blow, blew, blown.
Break, broke, broken.
Choose, chose, chosen.
Come, came, come.