<span>The purpose of this passage is to entertain the reader by describing the author’s bad road trips. The author describes what it looks like in their trips during summer and how unlucky he is because he cannot win the game that is played by the whole family.</span>
In English grammar<span>, the </span>base form of a verb<span> is the simplest form of a </span>verb<span>, without a special ending (or </span>suffix<span>). It's the form that appears in </span>dictionary<span> entries. Also known as the </span>plain form,simple form<span>, or </span>stem<span>.</span>
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The boys were acting as if they were hunting a pig and Robert was acting as the pig as the boys pranced around and jabbed him with spears.