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== Verbs ==
* [[be]]
=== Verb forms ===
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
!Form
!Tag
!UNL
!Example
|-
|Simple present
|PRS
|@present
|He speaks = speak.@present
|-
|Present progressive
|PRS&PGS
|@present.@progressive
|He is speaking = speak.@present.@progressive)
|-
|Simple past
|PAS
|@past
|He spoke = speak.@past
|-
|Past progressive
|PAS&PGS
|@past.@progressive
|He was speaking = speak.@past.@progressive
|-
|rowspan="3"|Present Perfect Simple
|rowspan="3"|PRS&PFC
|@past (finished action that has an influence on the present)
|He has spoken many times about that = speak.@past
|-
|@present.@perfect (action that is still going on)
|He has spoken since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect
|-
|@past.@recent (action that stopped recently)
|He has just spoken = speak.@past.@recent
|-
|rowspan="3"|Present Perfect Progressive
|rowspan="3"|PRS&PFC&PGS
|@past.@progressive (finished action that has an influence on the present)
|He has been speaking many times about that = speak.@past.@progressive
|-
|@present.@perfect.@progressive (action that is still going on)
|He has been speaking since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect.@progressive
|-
|@past.@recent.@progressive (action that stopped recently)
|He has just been speaking = speak.@past.@recent.@progressive
|-
|Past Perfect Simple
|PAS&RPT
|@past.@anterior
|He had not spoken = speak.@past.@anterior)
|-
|Past Perfect Progressive
|PAS&RPT&PGS
|@past.@anterior.@progressive
|He had been speaking. = speak.@past.@anterior.@progressive
|-
|Future Simple
|FUT
|@future
|He will speak = speak.@future
|-
|Near future
|FUN
|@future.@recent
|He is going to speak = speak.@future.@recent
|-
|Future Progressive
|FUT&PGS
|@future.@progressive
|He will be speaking = speak.@future.@progressive.
|-
|Future Perfect
|FUT&RPT
|@future.@anterior
|He will have spoken = speak.@future.@anterior
|-
|Future Perfect Progressive
|FUT&RPT&PGS
|@future.@anterior.@progressive
|He will have been speaking = speak.@future.@anterior.@progressive
|-
|Conditional
|CON
|@past.@posterior
|He would speak = speak.@past.@posterior
|-
|Conditional Progressive
|CON&PGS
|@past.@posterior.@progressive
|He would be speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@progressive
|-
|Conditional Perfect
|CON&PFC
|@past.@posterior.@perfective
|He would have spoken = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective
|-
|Conditional Perfect Progressive
|CON&RPT&PGS
|@past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive
|He would have been speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive)
|}

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