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You cannot use a verb without using a specific tense. There are tenses that describe the past, others describe the present or the future.
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Modal verbs

If you want to say that something can, must, may or should happen, you need to use so-called modal verbs. Learn how to use the verb can and others.
 
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Special verbs

There are some verbs that are often used in the English language. To have, to be and to like , among others, are very common.
 
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Imperative

The imperative is a special form of English verbs. You use it to make demands and suggestions, to warn someone or to give advice.
 
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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
    • Verbs
    • Auxiliaries
    • Modal Verbs
      • Modals Overview
      • The verb “can”
    • Phrasal Verbs
    • Special Verbs
      • there is / there are
      • The verb “to have (got)”
      • The verb “to get”
      • The verb “to be”
      • The verb “to like”
    • Gerund
    • Past Participle
    • Imperative
      • Demands
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    • Irregular Verbs
      • A-D
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      • I-L
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      • S-T
      • U-Z
      • List of all irregular verbs
      • Test all
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          • some and any
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    • Adverbs
      • Adverbs of time
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    • Prepositions
      • Location
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    • Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions
    • Quantities and Measurements
      • Some and Any
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    • Sentence Structure – Forms of Sentences
      • Statements
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        • Time Markers and Pronouns
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