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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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  • 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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    • 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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clauses: short forms

common problems with count/uncount nouns

comparative adverbs

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definite article: the

delexical verbs like have, take, make and give

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double object verbs

double object verbs

English Grammar

how long

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how we make adverbials

indefinite article: a and an

indefinite pronouns

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