The 8 parts of speech in English
VERBS A verb tells us about an action or a state of being. Ordinary verbs are called main verbs. For example: come, go, … Continued
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Learning English
Months and Dates
In order to talk confidently about your plans in English, it’s useful to know some essential phrases that relate to months and dates.
The months of the year in English are:
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Formation of past and present tense of English verbs
The present tense of a regular verb is the same as the base form of the verb, except that an -s is added to the verb
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Simple tenses
Simple tenses show moments in time, timeless states, and habitual or repetitive actions. The simple tenses consist of a single
Mass Nouns
Mass nouns are nouns that refer to a substance that can be divided or measured but not counted, e.g. sugar, water. They do
How to use ‘Used to’
The verb used to is a ‘marginal’ modal verb. Unlike the other modal verbs, it is only found in the past tense. Therefore,
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Use of Shall and Will
The normal way to express simple future time in English is using the modal verb will followed by the base form of a main
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Each/Every/Either/Neither
The words each, every, either, and neither are distributives. Distributives are determiners that are used to talk about how something is shared out or divided.
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Active and passive forms in English
Active We use an active sentence when the subject of the verb is doing the action. The active is used
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