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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 form basic sentences with a subject and a verb. As Part Two
will explain in detail, it is used to express an action that
happens in the present moment.
Principal Part , the base form of a verb, connects to a subject.
1
The following chart illustrates how verb forms change when
they are combined with matching subject pronouns.
Connecting
Subject as Pronoun Verb Sentence
1
I
I swim I swim.
2
You you swim You swim.
3
he He swims.
she swims She swims.
it It swims.
1
We
we swim We swim.
2
You you swim You swim.
3
they swim They swim.
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