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What is the most commonly used verb form in English, accounting for more than half of verbs in spoken English?
What is the most commonly used verb form in English, accounting for more than half of verbs in spoken English?
- Present perfect
- Present progressive
- Present indefinite
- Simple present (correct)
For nearly all English verbs, the simple present is identical to the base form of the verb, except when the subject is third-person singular. What is added to the base form in this case?
For nearly all English verbs, the simple present is identical to the base form of the verb, except when the subject is third-person singular. What is added to the base form in this case?
- -(e)s (correct)
- -s
- -ed
- -ing
Which verb has irregular forms in the simple present, with the forms am, is, and are?
Which verb has irregular forms in the simple present, with the forms am, is, and are?
- Do
- Have
- Go
- Be (correct)
