to speak
The word "speak" is a verb, and has no plural.
The noun speech has the plural speeches.
For the present tense, the third-person singular conjugation of to speak is the only one that uses the singular verb form speaks. (He, she, it speaks)
It's a verb. It is spaek, or talk, in the present tense. "Sheldon is/was speaking." Means the same thing as talking.
The noun forms for the verb to speak are speaker, one who speaks, and the gerund (verbal noun) speaking.
speaking
Lying is the present participle of lie (to rest horizontally or to speak an untruth).
No, "have been" is not a present participle. It is the present perfect tense of be. Being is the present participle of be.
The present participle is beginning.
The present participle is breaking.
The present participle is cutting.
I/you/we/they speak. He/she/it speaks. The present participle is speaking.
The past tense of speak is spoke.The past participle is spoken.
Present-->speak past simple-->spoke Past participle-->spoken
Lying is the present participle of lie (to rest horizontally or to speak an untruth).
Spoke is past tense. The present tense is speak. The past participle of speak is spoken.
Being is the present participle. The past participle is been.
present participle
Spoken is the past participle of "speak". The past participle is used in the perfect tense of each tense.
Presenting is the present participle of present.
Presenting is the present participle of present.
No, "have been" is not a present participle. It is the present perfect tense of be. Being is the present participle of be.
The present progressive: am/is/are + present participle. The present perfect progressive: have/has + been + present participle. The past progressive: was/were + present participle. The past perfect progressive: had + been + present participle. The future progressive: will + be + present participle. The future perfect progressive: will + have + been + present participle.