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The present tense form of 'redshirted' is redshirt or redshirts. Example: She redshirts this season to recover from an injury. (She redshirts this season to recover from an injury.)

Definition of “redshirt”

to delay or postpone participation in an activity, typically in sports, for a year
to assign a student-athlete to an additional year of eligibility by not allowing them to compete in official games during their first year

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	redshirt
Present Continuous	redshirting
Present Perfect	redshirted

Present Simple

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

Subject + Verb + (Object)

Example

She redshirts her athletes strategically.

Example

They redshirt talented freshmen to give them more time to develop.

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 redshirting my top recruit this season.

Example

They are redshirting a few players to balance the team's talent.

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

He has redshirted several athletes during his coaching career.

Example

They have redshirted a number of players to maintain a competitive edge.

redshirt 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, 'redshirt' 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).