The base form of a verb is the root verb, which remains unchanged. No suffixes are added to this verb form. When looking for the meaning of a verb, its base form is used. These include play, jump, smile, carry, etc.
Example:
- Please write your name and roll number on the answer sheet.
- Children play in t
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Below are 10 examples of the different forms of a verb:
Base Form (V1) | Past Simple Form (V2) | Past Participle (V3) | Present Participle (V4) | Third-Person Singular Present (V5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Attract | Attracted | Attracted | Attracting | Attracts |
Boil | Boiled | Boiled | Boiling | Boils |
Crush | Crushed | Crushed | Crushing | Crushes |
Enjoy | Enjoyed | Enjoyed | Enjoying | Enjoys |
Guess | Guessed | Guessed | Guessing | Guesses |
Grow | Grew | Grown | Growing | Grows |
Mourn | Mourned | Mourned | Mourning | Mourns |
Tear | Torn | Torn | Tearing | Tears |
Spit | Spat | Spat | Spitting | Spits |
V1, V2, and V3 are the three basic forms of a verb.
- V1 is the base form of a verb and is also known as a root verb. It is the original form of the verb that is used to create the different verb forms. For example: Write, Speak, Go, Listen
- V2 is the past simple form of a verb, which shows that an actio
There are five forms of verbs in English grammar. These are:
- Base Form/Root Verb (V1): Hear, Lead, Freeze, Eat
- Past Simple Form (V2): Heard, Led, Froze, Ate
- Past Participle Form (V3): Heard, Led, Frozen, Eaten
- Present Participle Form (V4): Hearing, Leading, Freezing, Eating
- Third-Person Singular Pre
Verb forms refer to the different ways in which a verb or root verb changes its form to show the time of an action (present, past, future). The different forms of the verb help to frame a grammatically correct sentence by matching the verb with the subject and using the proper tense.
Examples:
- Tear ->
Some examples of auxiliary verbs include:
- She is cooking dinner for us tonight.
- Does he play the ukulele?
- They have finished the assignment.
- He was reading a book during lunchtime.
- I did call you last night.
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