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 enriching.
The present participle is reading.
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.
Spoken is the past participle of "speak". The past participle is used in the perfect tense of each tense.
Being is the present participle. The past participle is been.
"Leaving" can be both a present participle and a past participle. As a present participle, it functions as part of the progressive verb forms (e.g., "I am leaving"). As a past participle, it is used in perfect verb tenses (e.g., "I have left").
Presenting is the present participle of present.
The past participle tense of speak is "spoken"
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.