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The object     is a receiver of the action. In most sentences, the object is placed after

             the verb.

             For example:   The author  wrote  a story.
                                  subject       verb     object

             Regular and Irregular Verb

             On the basis of its formation verbs can further be classified as regular and irregular
             verb.

                                                            VERB





                             Regular Verb                                         Irregular Verb

               A  regular  verb  forms  its  past  tense  by         Irregular  verbs  form  their  past  tense
               adding -d   -edor     to the end of its base          and past participle in a different way
               form.                                                 instead of adding   or-d       -ed .


               Base Form Past Form Past Participle                   Base Form Past Form Past Participle
                                               Form                                                 Form

               play            played          played                arise           arose          arisen
               cry             cried           cried                 begin           began          begun

               sleep           slept           slept                 break           broke          broken
               need            needed          needed                grow            grew           grown

               work            worked          worked                eat             ate            eaten
               look            looked          looked                go              went           gone

               learn           learned         learned               do              did            done
               spend           spent           spent                 fly             flew           flown

               ask             asked           asked                 draw            drew           drawn

             In order to express the time of an action done by the subject of a sentence, we

             form principal     or -ing form    and present indefinite      or -s/es form   .
             Read the following examples:

             Base Form                     Present Participle Form                   Present Indefinite Form

             cook                          cooking                                   cooks

             come                          coming                                    comes
             eat                           eating                                    eats


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