Conjugating with the adverbs never vs ever

Thanks Staisy,

Actually, I learn more when I do a post like this one.  I hope that others can see what I see when I post without becoming possibly more confused. 

Thanks for the explanation, the meaning of these words is more clear to me now.

Question: For example in the below sentences which one is right 1) She never rides bicycle‏.‏ 2) She never ride bicycle‏.‏ I want to know if verbs after “never” take “(e)s” or not, when our pronoun is “she, he or it”.

The words “ever” and “never” are adverbs, and adverbs do not change verb tenses or quantity (singular/plural).

Also note, you need an article in your example sentence.

Some examples:

She never rides a bicycle.

She never rides bikes.

She never rides the bike.

Note: now if you were to add the helping verb (an auxiliary) ‘do’ to you sentence then yes, the verb would then be written without the –s.

Examples.

She never does ride a bicycle.

She never does ride bikes.

She never does ride the bike.

See, I was just seeing if you all were paying attention.  No, that's not true.  Sorry about the error.

I see another error.  Sorry.

Future Perfect Progressive

Incorrect: Will I have everhavebeen eating worms?

Correct: Will I have ever been eating worms?

I just noticed a typo--I wrote, "adverbs modify verbs, adjective, and other verbs."  It should read, "adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and --other adverbs."  Sorry about that.  :)

On Friday, Jan 10, 2014, :::::::::::::: wrote:

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Hey there, thanks for replying.

i really appreciate your works and effort trying to make me understand.

But,i have to be honest. Im still confused about its usage. Any simpler way to understand them?

thanks

On Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, handwriter wrote:

What languages do you speak, and of those, which one is most fluent?

Again, you can use ever and never in all twelve tenses (namely, the 3 tenses: present, past, future and 4 the forms: Simple, Perfect, Progressive, and the Perfect Progressive Forms.

The difficulty can be in using these two adverbs correctly. 

Never: used in Positive-Declarative Sentences

Ever: used in Positive/Negative-Interrogative or Negative-Declarative sentences.

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For a quick copy and translation--if you want it:

Now to your question: “What kind of tenses i should use for the verb after "never/ever"???

Understanding that the words such as “never” and “ever”, are adverbs and that adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other and verbs, and that adverbials tell us when, how, where, and why, will better help us to see how we might use these words in different tenses.

The short answer is: I have never known of any adverb that affected the tense of a verb—adverbs are not part of a verb group—one verb group or phrase can have as many as six words in it to describe a tense/time.  Let’s take a look at some examples of both of these adverbs—ever and never.

Never Ever

Simple Form

Present: I never eat worms.

Past: I never ate worms.

Present: I will never eat worms.

Present: I am never going to eat worms.

Simple Form

Present: Do I ever eat worms?

Past: Did I ever eat worms?

Present: Will I ever eat worms?

Present: Am I ever going to eat worms?

Never Ever

Perfect Form

Present: I have never eaten worms.

Past: I had never eaten worms.

Present: I will have never eaten worms.

Present: I am never going to have eaten worms.

Perfect Form

Present: Have I ever eaten worms?

Past: Had I ever eaten worms?

Present: Will I have ever eaten worms?

Present: Am I ever going to have ever eaten worms?

Never Ever

Progressive Form

Present: I am never eating worms.

Past: I was never eating worms.

Present: I will never be eating worms..

Present: I am never going to be eating worms.

Progressive Form

Present: Am I ever eating worms?

Past: Was I ever eating worms?

Present: Will I ever be eating worms?

Present: Am I ever going to be eating worms?

Never Ever

Perfect Progressive Form

Present: I have never been eating worms.

Past: I had never been eating worms.

Present: I will have never been eating worms.

Present: I am never going to be eating worms.

Perfect Progressive Form

Present: Have I ever been eating worms?

Past: Had I ever been eating worms?

Present: Will I have ever have been eating worms?

Present: Am I ever going to have ever been eating worms?