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Verb Forms Example When To Use? 1 Root Verb
Verb Forms Example When To Use? 1 Root Verb
1 ROOT VERB
3 PAST FORM
5 CONTINUOUS FORM
VERB FORMS EXAMPLE WHEN TO USE?
1 ROOT VERB • Talk • After preposition ‘to’ → to swim (untuk buat sesuatu)
• Go • As an instruction → ‘Go to school’
• Swim • Use after modal verb → I will swim tomorrow. I can swim now.
• Use after do/does/did (in questions/negative sentences) → Do you swim?
• Mental verbs (feelings, opinion, senses, thinking) → I think he is cute.
2 PRESENT SIMPLE (3RD PERSON SINGULAR) • Talks • Use for present 3rd person singular: She talks to him
• Goes • To describe a routine: He swims every day.
• Swims • Before a gerund: He goes jogging every day.
4 PAST PARTICIPLE FORM • Talked • To describe an event that has happened by the time you talk about it
• Gone • Follows auxiliary verb has/have/had → I had talked to the principal.
• Swum • Follows auxiliary verb is/was/am to create passive sentence → I was taken to
the principal’s office.