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·    I, you, we and other plural subjects go with original verb (first form).
                       Read the following examples:
                            1.  I do   my work daily.

                            2.  They play     cricket everyday.
                  ·    In negative sentences, we use ‘does not’ with singular subjects (other than ‘I’),

                       while ‘do not’ is used with I, you, we, they and plural subjects with original verb.
                       Read the following examples:
                            1.  She does not      study sincerely.

                            2.  I do not    agree to this proposal.

                  ·    In  interrogative  sentences,  ‘do’  with  plural  subject  and  /  ‘does’  with  singular
                       subject (other than I) is used before the subjects.
                       Read the following examples:
                            1.  Does    he write poem?

                            2.  Do    you know how to draw?

             G    Past Indefinite

                  ·    I, we, you and they go with second form of verb in affirmative sentences.
                       Read the following examples:

                            1.  Rashmi wrote two letters yesterday.
                            2.  I wrote few stories for the magazine.

                  ·    In case of ‘never’, verb is used in its second form.
                       Read the following example:
                            He never wrote a poem.

                  ·    In interrogative sentences, ‘did’ is used before the subject and original verb is used.
                       Read the following examples:

                            1.  Did    he write a story?
                            2.  Did    you write a letter?

             G    Future Indefinite

                  ·    In affirmative sentences with I and we, ‘shall’ is used and ‘will’ is used with rest
                       of subjects with original verb.
                       Read the following examples:

                            1.  I shall  write a letter.
                            2.  You will    go to the zoo.

                  ·    In negative sentences, ‘shall not / will not’ is used and in interrogative sentences
                       ‘shall / will’ is used before subjects with original verb.

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