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The base form of a verb is a verb without any endings added. The base form of a verb allows the beginning language learner to fo ...

As was explained in Chapter 3, pronouns are grouped into first, second, and third persons. Let’s take a closer look at singular ...

Subjects: Pronouns and Nouns Remember: When forming a sentence, you always have the choice of connecting the verb to either a pr ...

Iwalked to the school. Iwrote a book. Base form: walk The past form of a regular verb follows a pattern: Add -ed to the base for ...

Iwon! Past forms of irregular verbs change their forms without following a pattern. Irregular verbs in the past form can be tric ...

3 Present Participle Subject Pronoun Present Participle Helping Verb I you he, she, it (or Singular Noun) we you they (or Plural ...

The term present participlerefers to an action in the present. As we move to the next principal part, you will find that the wor ...

The four principal parts of verbs all represent main verbs (not helping verbs). At the end of this chapter, you will find a comp ...

Now: Present Tense Andy:I eat breakfast early. Jake:I am a great swimmer. Mr. Smith: I work every day. Yesterday: Past Tense And ...

NOW Present Tense and Present Continuous Principal Parts and are both used to express something that happens at the present time ...

I you he, she, it (or Singular Noun) we you they (or Plural Noun) will will will will will will walk Subject Pronoun Base Form H ...

The simple future (using “will”) and the immediate future (using “going to ...”) both indicate that an action or condition will ...

4.11 Special Helping Verbs: Modals The pattern of using a helping verb with the base form of a verb also applies to another kind ...

first, you must learn about all the different forms that the verb to be can take when it is used as a main verb. Following are c ...

In the past tense, “was” and “were” represent the verb forms of the linking verb “to be” used as a main verb. In the first examp ...

The past tense form of “to have” as a main verb is “had.” The verb form had is used with all subjects. The name Ben is the subje ...

The following charts illustrate word order using the helping verb The following charts illustrate word order using the helping v ...

The previous chart shows an affirmative statement formed in two ways. The most common way uses only a main verb. Occasionally, b ...

Question Markers as Subjects When a question begins with a question marker that replaces the subject, regular word order applies ...

To form a negative statement, use “do,” “does,” or “did” and the word “not” together with the base form of the main verb. Note t ...