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Exercise #1b

The simple form for verbs in English:

helping verbs simple past past participle
live lived lived
work worked worked
study studied studied
do want
wanted wanted
does go
went gone
did see
saw seen
will do did done
can have had had
eat ate eaten

Helping verbs are used with the simple form to make questions:

Do you live in the United States?

Did you go to the store today?

When will we have dinner?

What did you eat for breakfast?

Helping verbs are used with the simple form to make negative statements:

He doesn’t want any brocolli.

She didn’t do her homework.

I can’t see the menu.

We won’t have enough time to finish.

The simple form is also known as “the base form” or “the infinitive.”