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Verbs in English have four basic parts:

Base form -ing form Past tense Past participle
work working worked worked
play playing played played
listen listening listened listened

Most verbs have past tense and past participle in –ed (worked, played, listened). But many of the most frequent verbs are irregular.


 


 

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  • talking about the present
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  • verbs in time clauses and if clauses
  • wishes and hypotheses
  • the verb be
  • link verbs
  • delexical verbs like have, take, make and give
  • Modal verbs
  • double object verbs
  • phrasal verbs
  • reflexive and ergative verbs
  • verbs followed by to + infinitive
  • verbs followed by -ing clauses
  • verbs followed by that clause
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    • question forms
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    • perfective aspect
    • continuous aspect
    • active and passive voice
    • to + infinitive
    • -ing forms
    • talking about the present
    • talking about the past
    • talking about the future
    • verbs in time clauses and if clauses
    • wishes and hypotheses
    • the verb be
    • link verbs
    • delexical verbs like have, take, make and give
    • Modal verbs
    • double object verbs
    • phrasal verbs
    • reflexive and ergative verbs
    • verbs followed by to + infinitive
    • verbs followed by -ing clauses
    • verbs followed by that clause
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-ing forms

ability, permission, requests and advice

active and passive voice

adjective phrases

Adjectives

adjectives: -ed and -ing

adverbial phrases

Adverbials

adverbials of direction

adverbials of distance

adverbials of location

adverbials of place

adverbials of probability

adverbials of time

adverbs of manner

already, still, yet and no longer

can or could

can, could and could have

certain, probable or possible

clause structure

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