LESSON 12 THE VERB (CONTINUED) THE IMPERATIVE MOOD Having learned the Indicative Mood (which makes assertions) and the Participles (or Verbal Adjectives), which correspond to the tenses of Indicative, we have now to consider the Imperative Mood (which makes commands). There are only three tenses, the Present, which gives a command indicating continuous action, or repeated action (e.g., λυ̂ε, “loose thou, and continue to do so”), the First Aorist, which gives a command without reference to its continuance