- Action verbs: show physical or mental actions (e.g., run, speak, think)
- Linking verbs: connect the subject to more information, often describing a state or condition (e.g., is, seem, become)
- Helping (auxiliary) verbs: used with main verbs to form questions, negatives, or different tenses (e.g., do, have, will)
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Table of Contents
- Verb Types
An overview of different verb types in English grammar, including action, linking, and auxiliary verbs.
- Regular Verbs
Regular verbs in English follow a consistent pattern when forming past tense and past participles by adding -ed, -d, or -ied. They help describe actions, events, and states that happened in the past or are completed.
- Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs are English verbs that do not follow the regular pattern of adding -ed for past tense and past participle.
- Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs in English, including examples and explanations, to help you understand how verbs combine with prepositions or adverbs to create new meanings.
- Modal Verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would)
Comprehensive guide to English modal verbs, explaining their uses, examples, and rules for can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, and would.
- Auxiliary Verbs (be, do, have)
Tip: Remember the forms am, is, are in the present, and was, were in the past.
- Stative vs. Dynamic Verbs
Stative vs. dynamic verbs in English grammar, including definitions, examples, usage rules, and tips for identifying and using each type.
- Verb Conjugation
Basics of verb conjugation in English, including tense formation, regular vs irregular verbs, and subject-verb agreement.
- Present Simple
Present Simple tense in English, including rules, examples, usage, and common mistakes.
- Past Tenses
Explore English past tenses to describe completed actions, habits, and background events in storytelling and conversation.
- Past Simple
The Past Simple tense, used to describe completed actions or events that happened at a specific time in the past.
- Irregular Past Verbs
- Past Continuous
- Past Perfect
The past perfect tense shows that one action was completed before another action or time in the past.
- Future Tenses
An overview of English future tenses, including their forms, uses, and key differences for expressing future events and intentions.
- Will-future
Will-future is an English verb tense used to talk about future events, decisions, promises, and predictions.
- Going to-future
The going to-future tense in English is used to talk about plans, intentions, and predictions based on evidence. It is formed with “be going to” + base verb.
- Present Continuous as Future
Present Continuous as Future explains how the present continuous tense is used to talk about planned or arranged actions that will happen in the near future.
- Future Perfect
The future perfect tense in English shows that one action will be finished before a specific time or another action in the future.
- Conditional Tenses
Introduction to conditional tenses in English grammar for expressing hypothetical situations, and their structure and usage.
- First, Second, Third Conditionals
First, Second, and Third Conditionals in English grammar, including their rules, examples, and usage for expressing real, hypothetical, and unreal situations.
- Mixed Conditionals
Explanation of mixed conditional grammar in English, including rules and examples for combining past and present conditions.
- Subjunctive Mood
The subjunctive mood is a verb form used to express wishes, suggestions, demands, or hypothetical situations in English grammar.
- Present Subjunctive
The present subjunctive is a verb form used in English to express wishes, demands, suggestions, or hypothetical situations. It appears only in the base form of the verb (without -s, -ed, or -ing), and it is most commonly found in formal writing and speech. The subject-verb agreement is always the same: the verb remains in its base form regardless of the subject.
- Past Subjunctive
Past subjunctive is a grammatical form used in English to express hypothetical situations, wishes, or conditions that are contrary to fact. It is essential for mastering subjunctive mood.
- Verbal Aspects
Explanation of verbal aspects in English grammar.
- Simple Tenses
Simple tenses in English grammar express habitual actions, general truths, or states, and describe events that are not marked by ongoing timing.
- Continuous (Progressive) Tenses
Continuous (Progressive) tenses showing how to form and use -ing verb forms to describe ongoing actions in the past, present, and future.
- Perfect Tenses
English grammar rules for using perfect tenses (present, past, and future) to describe completed, ongoing, or anticipated actions.
- Perfect Continuous Tenses
A complete guide to perfect continuous tenses in English, including explanations, examples, and usage tips for the past, present, and future forms.
- Infinitives
Introduction to infinitives
- To-Infinitive
The to-infinitive is a verb form that begins with “to” plus the base verb (e.g., to eat, to go). It is used to show purpose, intention, or possibility. It can be a subject, object, or modifier in a sentence.
- Bare Infinitive
The bare infinitive is the base form of a verb without "to." It is used after certain verbs, modal verbs, and expressions in English.
- Gerunds
Introduction to gerunds
- Uses and Structure
Uses and structure of gerunds, including how they function as nouns and their role in sentences.
- Gerunds vs. Infinitives
Gerunds and infinitives are two verb forms in English used to express actions. A gerund is the -ing form of a verb (e.g., running), used as a noun. An infinitive is the “to” + base verb form (e.g., to run). Both can act as subjects, objects, or complements, but their usage depends on the main verb, meaning, and context. This guide explains the differences, key rules, and provides examples.
- Imperative Mood
The imperative mood is used to give commands, instructions, or make requests in English.
- Affirmative Commands
Affirmative Commands in English, including how to form them, examples, and usage.
- Negative Commands
Negative commands (also called negative imperatives) tell someone NOT to do something. They use “do not” or the short form “don’t” followed by the base form of a verb.
Last updated: Wed Jun 18, 2025
