An irregular verb is a verb which is not conjugated like other verbs (regular verbs), it has its conjugation. In English, the past and the past participle are the forms which are not formed according to the usual patterns of English regular verbs. This is a list of some irregular verbs that you have to […]
The future perfect is a tense that expresses a certain action will be finished in the future and is most often used with a specification in time. Its form is will + present perfect OR to be going + present perfect. Let’s take a look at some examples: First person Notes I will have […]
The past perfect tense is often used in English when we are relating two events which happened in the past. It helps to show which event happened first. It is formed with the auxiliary verb have in the past had, followed by the participle of the main verb. Let’s take a look at some […]
The present perfect tense refers to an action that started in the past but is finished now. Specifically it can describe a situation that started in the past and is still continuing to this day, an action where the time is not important, a repeated action in an unspecified period of time and an action […]
The Future Continuous tense is relevant to actions that are not finished and will be continuing on into the future. Specifically, it can be used for talking about what we will be doing into the future or to guess about the future. It has two different forms: “will be doing ” and “going to be […]
The simple future refers to a time later than now and expresses facts or certainty. It is used to predict future events, express spontaneous decisions and express either willingness or unwillingness to do something. Simple Future has two different forms in English: “will” and “be going to.” We form the simple future by using: Subject […]
We use the Past Continuous to talk about actions that started in the past but is not complete. It is also used to describe something, to describe an action that was interrupted or to express change of plans. The form of this tense is Subject + To be (in the past) + Infinitive + Ing. […]
We use the Present Continuous with Normal Verbs to express the idea that something is happening now. This tense can also be used to talk in general about what’s happening now, something that constantly repeats as well certain future plans and arrangements. The form of this tense is Subject + To be + Infinitive + […]
The past tense is a verb tense expressing something that has been completed by now and is usually formed by adding -ed to the verb. Usually we form the simple past by using Subject + Infinitive + ed. There are some irregular cases : we add -d to verbs ending with -e like live->lived. we […]
The simple present tense is one of the most common tenses in English. It may be used to express: general truths; a habitual action; an occurrence in the future; commands The simple present tense is NOT used to express action that is happening now. We use present continuous for that. We form the present simple […]
Modal verbs are a kind of verb that behaves differently than the other verbs. Here are the ways in which they are different: They never end with an “s”. They can change the sentence into a question depending on how you use them. They are followed by another verb’s infinitive. They are: Can Could […]