The base form of the verb is the Infinitive. For example: am, has, ended, made and did have the following corresponding infinitives: To Be, Have, End, Make, Do
2006-08-11 00:06:09
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answered by canguroargentino 4
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Base Form of the Verb
The base form of the verb is simply the form of the verb that you would see in an English dictionary.
A more traditional explanation of the base form of the verb is this: the base form of the verb consists of the infinitive (e.g., to do, to see, to excel, to pass, to test, etc.) without the to. For more information about infinitives, click here:
What is an infinitive?
Examples of the base form of the verb
Let's look at some examples.
These are verbs in the base form:
leave
want
excel
pass
Notice how there is no s, ed, or other part attached to the end of the verb.
These are not verbs in the base form:
leaves, left, leaving
wants, wanted, wanting
excels, excelled, excelling
passes, passed, passing
Discussion about the term "Base Form"
Some teachers use different terms to refer to the infinitive without the to. Some of these terms include:
bare infinitive
root of the verb
verb root
dictionary form
These terms are also acceptable ways to refer to the base form.
2006-08-11 00:13:45
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answered by raj 7
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1. it has plural nouns (present tense)
ex. The boys clean the school yard.
2. has singular pronouns (first and second person in present time)
ex. You like horror movies.
3. used as main verb with helping or auxiliary verb 'to do'
ex. Barbara does studes her lesson.
4. used as bare infinitive (without the 'to')
ex. Therese watches the magician make the dove appear from the hat.
5. used the modal auxiliaries
ex. the Engineering Corps aill start the clean up of Jit River tomorrow.
2006-08-11 03:21:13
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answered by bear 3
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TAKE A SIMPLE SENTENCE
RAM KILLED RAVANA.WHO- RAM WHOM RAVANA WHAT ACTION KILLING ,HERE KILLED
HERE BASIC FOR OF ACTION IS KILL .
KILL IS THE BASIC FORM
KILLING ,KILLED ,KILLS ARE OTHER FORMS
2006-08-11 00:14:05
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answered by Bhahagyam 4
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