THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF “TO SMILE”
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD
In the imperative mood, the affirmative form simply uses the base form of the verb, while the negative form uses “don’t” followed by the base form of the verb
| Person | Imperative Mood |
| Affirmative | Smile! |
| Negative | Don’t smile! |
NON-FINITE FORMS OF THE VERB ”TO SMILE”
THE INFINITIVE, THE GERUND, THE PARTICIPLE:
THE INFINITIVE form of “TO SMILE”
Here’s the table covering all four forms of the infinitive “to smile” in both active and passive voices:
In the passive voice column, only indefinite and perfect forms are provided, while for continuous and perfect continuous, the spaces are left vacant to denote that they are not applicable
| Form | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
| Indefinite | to smile | to be smiled |
| Continuous | to be smiling | (N/A) |
| Perfect | to have smiled | to have been smiled |
| Perfect Continuous | to have been smiling | (N/A) |
THE GERUND form of” TO SMILE”
This table presents the Gerund forms of the verb “to smile” in both active and passive voices, including indefinite and perfect forms:
| Form | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
| Indefinite | smiling | being smiled |
| Perfect | having smiled | having been smiled |
THE PARTICIPLE form of “TO SMILE”
Here’s the table covering the Participle forms of “to smile” in both active and passive voices, including present, past, and perfect tenses: The Past form in the active voice is marked as (N/A) to indicate it is not applicable.
| Form | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
| Present | smiling | being smiled |
| Past | (N/A) | smiled |
| Perfect | having smiled | having been smiled |
THE IMPERATIVE MOOD AND NON-FINITE FORMS OF “TO SMILE”
Conjugation of to smile in Perfect Tense Form/Passive
Conjugation of to smile in Perfect Continuous Tense Form/Active
Finite and non- finite forms of the Verbs