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English Grammar Terms

The 8 English Parts of Speech
These are the words that you use to make a sentence. There are only 8 types of word - and the most important is the Verb!

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Passive voice
Modal verbs
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Questions
Irregular verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
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Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
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Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List

 Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb Quiz
Used to do or Be used to Quiz
Have to, Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions Quiz
Infinitive or -ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect Simple
Present Perfect Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative Adjectives
Superlative Adjectives

Forms of Main Verbs: Examples

Infinitive

• I want to work
• He has to sing.
• This exercise is easy to do.
• Let him have one.
• To be, or not to be, that is the question:

Base - Imperative

• Work well!
• Make this.
• Have a nice day.
• Be quiet!

Base - Present simple (except 3rd person singular)

• I work in London.
• You sing well.
• They have a lot of money.

Base - After modal auxiliary verbs

• I can work tomorrow.
• You must sing louder.
• They might do it.
• You could be right.

Past simple

• I worked yesterday.
• She cut his hair last week.
• They had a good time.
• They were surprised, but I was not.

Past participle

• I have worked here for five years.
• He needs a folder made of plastic.
• It is done like this.
• I have never been so happy.

Present participle

• I am working.
• Singing well is not easy.
• Having finished, he went home.
• You are being silly!

3rd person singular, present simple

• He works in London.
• She sings well.
• She has a lot of money.
• It is Vietnamese.

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