To use all the features of this portal, please activate Javascript in your browser. You cannot use a verb without using a specific tense. There are tenses that describe the past, others describe the present or the future. Learn more 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. Learn more 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. Learn more 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. Learn more