Forms of the Verb

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 Forms
1. Base
2. Infinite
3. Present
4. Past
5. Past Participle
6. Present Participle/Gerund

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 01. Base

Usages of base form of the verb;

We use base form of the verb with modal Auxiliaries.

We use do, did and does.

Rule:
We cannot transform base form of the verb.

Three (3) ways to transform a word in English.

 We put s/es where needed.
e.g; plays.
 Change the tense.
 use “ing”.

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 02. Present

We use this only in Simple Present Tense.

Note: put s/es where needed.

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 03. Infinite
Whenever there are two main verbs in one sentence,
first will be used according to its tense and 2nd is called
infinite.
e.g. ; I like to play cricket.
Note:
 Infinite form of the verb is always followed by “to”.

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 04. Past

Usage:

We use past form of the verb is Simple Past Tense.

e.g. I slept yesterday.
I played last night.

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 05. Past Participle
Usages:

We use past participle in all Perfect Tenses .

 Present Perfect have done

 Past Perfect had done
 Future Perfect will/shall have done.

We can use P.P with helping verbs (passive voice)

 Is,are,am,was,were,been,being.
 e.g. Cricket is played by me.
We can use past participle form of the verb as an adjective .
e.g. Broken window.(Participle adjective)
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06. Present Participle
Usages:
We use present participle form of the verb in all
continuous tenses. e.g.
 I have been teaching.
 I had been teaching.
 I will have been teaching.
Note:
Is always followed by progress in the sentence.

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 Gerund
Usage:
 When we use “ing” form of the verb as a noun.
(Smoking is injurious to health)
 After preposition.
 2nd Main verb in the sentence. (I like playing Cricket)

Note:
There is no any progress in gerund.(generally )
e.g. I like reading books
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