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Tenses and Verb forms

Tenses and verbs cannot be separated, as tenses are mainly expressed by conjugating a verb.
 
This section has…
  • detailed explanations and rules for the use of tenses
  • an introduction to different important verbs and their irregularities
  • many entertaining exercises to help you practice
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Tenses

Mastering verb tenses is very important if you want to be understood while speaking English. In this section, you will find understandable explanations of the many verb tenses, detailed examples, and several exercises to help you practice. Regardless of whether you want to learn the simple past, Simple present, or the will-future, this section covers all tenses of the past, present, and future!
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Modal verbs

Modal verbs are important to describe what could happen, your skills, permission, and duties. In this section, you will learn several forms of and negation of modal verbs. One modal verb, to can, is so important that we have made an extra special learning unit just for it.
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Special verbs

Even with just a small number of verbs, you will be able to make lots of sentences in English! Verbs like: to have, to be, and to like belong to this group of special verbs. In this section, you will learn their forms and be able to practice and use them with help from example sentences and exercises!
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Imperative

This section is all about the imperative or command form in English. This is very useful to know, as it will help you form demands and suggestions. With our example sentences, we will show you how to correctly use the imperative. Then it's your turn to practice with the many exercises found in this section!
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Grammar Overview

Grammar

  • Tenses and Verb Forms
    • Tenses
      • Past Tenses
        • Simple Past
        • Past Progressive
        • Present Perfect Simple
        • Present Perfect Progressive
        • Past Perfect
        • Past Perfect Progressive
      • Present Tenses
        • Simple Present
        • Simple Present Progressive
      • Future Tenses
        • Will-Future
        • Going-to-Future
        • Future Perfect
        • Future Progressive
    • Irregular Verbs
      • A-D
      • E-H
      • I-L
      • M-R
      • S-T
      • U-Z
      • List of all irregular verbs
      • Test all
    • Special Verbs
      • there is / there are
      • The verb “to have (got)”
      • The verb “to get”
      • The verb “to be”
      • The verb “to like”
    • Verbs
    • Auxiliaries
    • Modal Verbs
      • Modals Overview
      • The verb “can”
    • Phrasal Verbs
    • Gerund
    • Past Participle
    • Imperative
      • Demands
      • Suggestions
    • Passive Voice
  • Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure
    • Nouns
      • Pronouns
        • Personal pronouns
        • Demonstrative pronouns
        • Indefinite pronouns
          • some and any
      • The plural of nouns
      • Possessive
        • ‘s-genitive
    • Adverbs
      • Adverbs of time
      • Adverbs of frequency
      • Adverbs of manner
      • Adverbs of place
    • Adjectives
    • Articles
    • Verbs
    • Prepositions
      • Location
      • Direction
      • Time
    • Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions
    • Quantities and Measurements
      • Some and Any
      • Other Quantifiers
      • Measurements
    • Sentence Structure – Forms of Sentences
      • Statements
      • Indirect Speech
        • Time Markers and Pronouns
        • Statements
        • Orders
        • Indirect Questions (if, whether)
      • Questions
        • Yes-no-questions
        • Wh-questions
      • Conditionals (If-Clauses)
        • Type I
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        • Type III
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