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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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English grammar
  • irregular verbs
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  • present tense
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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
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  • 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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