Right form of verbs (rules)

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Right form of verbs (rules)

Rule-1: Have, has, had, be, been, being, having, getting   TAKE V3 (past participle)

            Ex: I have (receive) _____ your letter.

Rule-2: May, might, can, could, shall, should, will, would, must, ought to, need, dare, used to, do, does, did, to   TAKE V1 (Main verb)

            Ex: You should (to go) _____there.

Rule-3: With a view to, look forward to, in order to, get used to, be used to, in addition to, refer to, mind, can not help, could not help, feel, like, prefer, worth, TAKE gerund (v+ing)

            Ex: He was used to (play) ___.

Rule-4: Am, is, are, was, were + active voice = v + ing, passive voice = V3.

            Ex: I am (eat) a mango.

            A mango is (eat) by me.

Rule-5: Generally, sometimes, everyday, regularly, occasionally, normally, daily, often = present indefinite tense {s+v(s/es) +o}.

            Ex: He (go) ___ to school everyday.

Rule-5: Gradually, day by day, now, at this moment, at present = present continuous tense {s+am/is/are+v+ing}.

            Ex: He is (go)__ to school at this moment.

Rule-6: Just, just now , recently, lately, yet, ever = present perfect tense {s+have/has+ v3+o}

            Ex: I (do) ___ the work just now.

Rule-7: Yesterday, ago, last night, last week, long ago, long since, before, once, etc. = past indefinite tense {s+v2+o}

            Ex: I (go) ___ to school yesterday.

Rule-8: While+ verb+ ing.  While+ sub+ was/were+ verb+ ing.

            Ex: While (eat) __ rice.

            While he (eat) __ rice.