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True or false: The simple present is the most commonly used verb form in English?
True or false: The simple present is the most commonly used verb form in English?
True (A)
True or false: The simple present encodes certain information about aspect in addition to present time?
True or false: The simple present encodes certain information about aspect in addition to present time?
True (A)
True or false: The simple present is always identical to the base form of the verb?
True or false: The simple present is always identical to the base form of the verb?
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True or false: The simple present forms of the copula be are am, is, and are?
True or false: The simple present forms of the copula be are am, is, and are?
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True or false: The simple present is used for pronouns I, you, we, and they?
True or false: The simple present is used for pronouns I, you, we, and they?
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Simple Present Verb Form Facts
- The simple present is indeed the most frequently used verb form in English, central to everyday communication.
- It encodes information about aspect, indicating habits, repeated actions, and general truths, alongside conveying present time.
- The simple present is not always identical to the base form; it requires modifications for third-person singular subjects (adding -s or -es).
- The simple present forms of the copula "be" include "am" (for I), "is" (for he, she, it), and "are" (for you, we, they), exhibiting subject-verb agreement.
- The simple present is used with pronouns: "I," "you," "we," and "they," highlighting these as plural or first-person subjects.
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