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The verbs can and could are both helping or auxiliary verbs. Use can and could to talk about people’s ability to do things. Can and could are used with the pronouns I, you, he, she, it, we and they, and with singular or plural nouns. Could is the past tense of can. He can run…

Use the future tense for things that have not happened yet, but are going to happen. Use the verbs shall and will as helping verbs or auxiliary verbs to form the future tense. We shall play a game of chess after lunch. You will be sick if you eat too much. I hope it won’t…

Use the past progressive tense to talk about actions that were going on at a certain moment in the past.   Miss May was cleaning the chalkboard. Sally was packing her books into her schoolbag. Jenny and I were tidying the classroom. The twins were fighting in the corner. Michael and John were washing the…

The verbs was and were are also forms of the verb be. Was is the simple past tense of am and is. Use was with the pronouns I, he, she and it, and with singular nouns. Beethoven was a German composer. Sue was at the library this morning. It was very wet on Monday. Ten…

The simple past tense of most verbs ends in -ed. These verbs are called regular verbs. Base Form   Simple Past     aim            aimed     bake          baked     open         opened    happen     happened      pull           pulled     push          pushed     scold         scolded     shout        shouted      visit          visited      wait          waited      walk          walked      work          worked…

Use the simple past tense to talk about things that happened in the past. The simple past tense is also used to talk about things that happened in stories. I bought a new camera last week. Joe learned to play the guitar very quickly. We drove to the safari park last weekend. The giant panda…

Use the present perfect tense to talk about happenings in the past that explain or affect the present. The verbs have and has are used as “helping” or auxiliary verbs to form the present perfect tense. Sam has scored two goals. I’ve just finished my shower. Uncle Tom has lost his wallet. John has gone…

Grammar is a very old field of study. Did you know that the sentence was first divided into subject and verb by Plato, the famed philosopher from ancient Greece? That was about 2,400 years ago! Ever since then, students all over the world have found it worthwhile to study the structure of words and sentences.…

I’m playing chess with my friend. She’s riding a horse. He’s taking a walk in the park. The man’s counting the money. They are practicing tai chi. We’re rushing to the airport to meet Mr. Smith. They are still sleeping. They are swimming in the sea. Form the present progressive tense like this: am +…

The words am, is, are are also verbs, but they are not action words. They are the simple present tense of the verb be. Use am with the pronoun I, and is with the pronouns he, she and it. Use are with the pronouns you, we and they. I am Peter. I am not Paul.…