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[Verb forms #1]
FOCUS: The use of correct verb forms (according to grammatical rules for standard English).
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises:

1) Search for "learns", "learnt" and "learned"; which of the three forms is most commonly used in the corpus?
learnt
learned
learns

2) Is "learned" always used as a verb in the corpus?
Yes
No, it is also used as an adverb
No, it is also used as an adjective

3) Search for "learn *ing" and "learn to"; in the corpus, is "learn" typically followed by a verb ending in -ing or the to-infinitive?
"learn" is typically followed by the to-infinitive
"learn" is typically followed by a verb ending in -ing
"learn" is never immediately followed by the to-infinitive nor by a verb ending in -ing

4) How many times do you find the form "teached" in the corpus?
123
3
0

5) How many times do you find the form "taught" in the corpus?
0
380
123

6) Search for "taught *ing" and "taught to"; in the corpus, is "taught" immediately followed by a verb ending in -ing, the to-infinitive, or both?
"taught" is only found to be immediately followed by a verb ending in -ing
"taught" is mainly found to be immediately followed by the to-infinitive
"taught" is never found to be immediately followed by the to-infinitive

7) "Lie" has two different past tense forms: "lied" and "lay"; which of the two forms is most commonly used in the corpus?
lied
lay
they are equally common

8) Search for "lie"; in the corpus, it is first found with the meaning "be situated horizontally" in which of the following lines?
2
10
14


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