Verbs that express actions in the past are said to be in the past tense. Read more about the infinitive form of a verb. (This time, 'wear' is a bare infinitive.) When the infinitive form of a verb is not preceded by 'to,' it is called the 'bare infinitive.' For example: ('Go' is the infinitive form of the verb.) ('Wear' is the infinitive form of the verb.) ('Looks,' 'looked,' and 'looking' are not the infinitive forms because some changes have been applied.) Often an infinitive verb is preceded by the word 'to.' For example: So, 'look' is an example of an infinitive verb. In other words, it is the base form of the verb without any changes. The infinitive form of a verb is the version of the verb that appears in the dictionary. Below are explanations of the most common terms. There is a lot of terminology associated with verbs. Here is the verb ' to be' in the different tenses: Here are some other verbs that express a state of being: (The verbs 'is,' 'was,' and 'am' all express states of being.) Edwina is the largest elephant in this area.Here are some example sentences with different forms of the verb 'to be': The most important verb in this group (arguably of all) is the verb 'to be.' (The verbs 'guessed,' 'think,' and 'considers' all express mental activities.)Ī small but extremely important group of verbs do not express any activity at all they express a state of being. She considers her words before she speaks.(The verbs 'sells,' 'wrote,' and 'bought' all express physical activities.) Here are some sentences with verbs that express physical actions.

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