Past Tense The past tense can be used to speak about or represent an event or action that already happened in the past. Regular past tense verbs are formed using the infinitive followed by the suffix -ed. For irregular verbs, there is a special past simple form. For negatives, use didn't and the verb, but don't change the verb to the past form. Examples of Past … [Read more...] about Past Tense: Definition, Structure and Examples
Grammar
Present Tense: Definition, Structure and Examples
Present Tense The present tense is a type of tense that indicates that an action is happening right now or at the present moment. The present tense is used to indicate an action in the present time, habitual or usual actions; daily event,s and universal facts. There are four different of the present tense: 1) Simple present tense / Present indefinite tense 2) Present … [Read more...] about Present Tense: Definition, Structure and Examples
Modals
Modals Modals or modal verbs or modal auxiliary verbs or modal auxiliaries are special verbs that behave irregularly in English. They give additional information about the function of the main verb that follows it. They never change their form. You can't add "s", "ed", "ing". Modal verbs are used to express certain hypothetical conditions, such as advice, capability, … [Read more...] about Modals
Clauses
A sentence has two parts - Subject and Predicate or we can say that a sentence is made up of a clause. Clause A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a finite verb. It conveys information about what that subject is doing, rather than simply being a random grouping of words. A sentence can have just one clause or it can have multiple clauses. A clause can … [Read more...] about Clauses
Collocations
Collocation A collocation is a combination of two or more words that often go together. Collocations can be made up of any kinds of words such as verbs, nouns, adverbs and adjectives. Collocation refers to the habitual juxtaposition (the instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect) of a particular word … [Read more...] about Collocations