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What are the forms of the verb?

In English there are several different kinds of verbs. All verbs except modal auxiliary ("helping") verbs have at least three distinct forms.

the simple (or uninflected or base) form:

dance, play, type, hurry, concentrate, communicate, pull, lives, cut, put, bring, run, sing, drink, speak, write

the 3rd person singular present tense (or -s) form:

dances, plays, types, hurries, concentrates, communicates, pulls, lives, cuts, puts, brings, runs, sings, drinks, speaks,writes

the present (or -ing) participle and gerund form:

dancing, playing, typing, hurrying, concentrating, communicating, pulling, living, cutting, putting, running, bringing, singing, drinking, speaking, writing

A few irregular verbs have only these three forms -- verbs like cut and put. The past tense and the past participle forms of these verbs are the same as the simple forms.

Most verbs are regular. Regular verbs and some irregular verbs (like bring) have four forms, the three above, a fourth form which serves as both the past tense and the past participle form:

the past tense and past participle form:

danced, played, typed, hurried, concentrated, communicated, pulled, lived, brought

A small number of irregular verbs have four forms, the top three and a past tense form which is distinct from the past participle form. The simple form of this kind of irregular verb is used where a past participle form would be used.

the past tense form: ran

Some irregular verbs have five distinct forms: the three forms that all verbs have and a separate past tense and past participle form.
the past tense form: sang, drank, spoke, wrote
the past participle form: sung, drunk, spoken, written

The verb be

The verb be has more forms than any other verb. It has a simple form, an -ing participle form, a past participle form, a first person singular present tense form, a third person present tense (-s) form, a plural present tense form, a singular past tense form, and a plural

past tense form:

the simple form: be
the -ing participle form: being
the past participle: been
the first person singular present tense form: am
the third person present tense (-s) form: is
the plural present tense form: are
the singular past tense form: was
the plural past tense form: were

The modal auxiliaries

Each modal auxiliary has only one form*: can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, and must.