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The present tense form of 'forage' is forage or forages. Example: She forages for mushrooms in the fields. (She forages for mushrooms in the fields.)

Definition of “forage”

to search for food or provisions
to gather or collect food or provisions by searching

Tense sentence structure and examples:

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Notes from a Native English Speaker

Here are the general structures of a present and past participle. Remember, some verbs have an irregular form and may not follow this structure: Present Participle: [Verb] -ing Past Participle: [Verb] -ed

Present Simple	forage
Present Continuous	foraging
Present Perfect	foraged

Present Simple

The simple present tense is used to describe habitual, regular, or general facts.

Subject + Verb + (Object)

Example

They forage for food in the forest.

Example

He forages for berries in the garden.

Present Continuous

The present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening at the moment of speaking or future plans.

Subject + am/is/are + Present Participle + (Object)

Example

I am foraging for herbs in the meadow.

Example

They are foraging for supplies in the abandoned building.

Present Perfect

The present perfect tense is used to indicate actions completed at some point in the past but relevant to the present.

Subject + have/has + Past Participle + (Object)

Example

She has foraged for wild mushrooms before.

Example

They have foraged for food in various environments.

forage Subject-Verb Agreement

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Notes from a Native English Speaker

Subject-verb agreement means that a subject and its verb match. They’re either both plural or both singular. A singular subject takes a singular verb. - Example: The cat is sleeping. A plural subject takes a plural verb. - Example: The cats are sleeping.

In the present tense, 'forage' follows the typical rule of adding 's' when the subject is third person singular (he, she, it), but it remains the same for all other subjects (first person, second person, and plural subjects).