# Verb Forms: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

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# Verb forms: rules and examples

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Short answer. Each tense and person has its own form of a verb. Singular means one (he, she, it). Plural means more than one (we, they). Forms use V1, V2, V3, -ing and helping verbs.

1 . Choose the form. finish, future perfect, third person singular: she ___

Each tense and person has its own form of a verb. Singular means one (he, she, it). Plural means more than one (we, they). Forms use V1, V2, V3, -ing and helping verbs.

Each tense and person has its own form, built from V1, V3 and helping verbs.

Perfect forms. Perfect forms use a form of have plus V3. Present perfect: has or have. Past perfect: had. Future perfect: will have.

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- Simple present and past . In the simple present, he, she and it take s or es (y after a consonant becomes ies). The simple past adds ed, or uses V2 for irregular verbs.
- Perfect forms . Perfect forms use a form of have plus V3. Present perfect: has or have. Past perfect: had. Future perfect: will have.
- Continuous forms . Continuous forms use be plus -ing. Present continuous: am, is, are. Past continuous: was, were. Future continuous: will be. Present perfect continuous: has or have been.
- Each tense and person has its own form, built from V1, V3 and helping verbs.

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