Learn all tenses English grammar via video
Present Simple Vs Present Continuous
Learn the differences between present simple and present continuous via video
What is Grammar?
Grammar is the system of a language. People sometimes describe grammar as the "rules" of a language; but in fact no language has rules*. If we use the word "rules", we suggest that somebody created the rules first and then spoke the language, like a new game. But languages did not start like that. Languages started by people making sounds which evolved into words, phrases and sentences. No commonly-spoken language is fixed. All languages change over time. What we call "grammar" is simply a reflection of a language at a particular time.
Do we need to study grammar to learn a language? The short answer is "no". Very many people in the world speak their own, native language without having studied its grammar. Children start to speak before they even know the word "grammar". But if you are serious about learning a foreign language, the long answer is "yes, grammar can help you to learn a language more quickly and more efficiently." It's important to think of grammar as something that can help you, like a friend. When you understand the grammar (or system) of a language, you can understand many things yourself, without having to ask a teacher or look in a book.
So think of grammar as something good, something positive, something that you can use to find your way - like a signpost or a map.
FUTURE TENSES
Form of Simple Future Tense
Positive Statement
1) Subject + Will/Shall + Verb 1 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will stay here tonight
My father will go to Bali tomorrow
2) Subject + am/are/is + going to + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am going to read story tomorrow
They are going to play football next week
Negative Statement
1) Subject + Will/Shall not + Verb 1 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will not stay here tonight
My father will not go to Bali tomorrow
2) Subject + am/are/is not + going to + Verb 1 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am not going to read story tomorrow
They are not going to play football next week
Interrogative Statement
1) Will/Shall + Subject + Verb + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Will Andy stay here tonight?
Will my father go to Bali tomorrow?
2) Am/Are/Is + Subject + going to + Verb 1 + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Am I going to read story tomorrow?
Are they going to play football next week?
Form of Future Continuous Tense
Positive Statement
Subject + Will/Shall + be + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will be staying here tonight
My father will be going to Bali tomorrow
Negative Statement
Subject + Will/Shall not + be + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will not be staying here tonight
My father will not be going to Bali tomorrow
Interrogative Statement
Will/Shall + Subject + be + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Will Andy be staying here tonight?
Will my father be going to Bali tomorrow?
Form of Future Perfect Tense
Positive Statement
1) Subject + Will/Shall + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will have stayed here tonight
My father will have gone to Bali tomorrow
2) Subject + am/are/is + going to + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am going to have read story tomorrow
They are going to have played football next week
Negative Statement
1) Subject + Will/Shall not + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will not have stayed here tonight
My father will not have gone to Bali tomorrow
2) Subject + am/are/is not going to + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am not going to have read story tomorrow
They are not going to have played football next week
Interrogative Statement
1) Will/Shall + Subject + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Will Andy have stayed here tonight?
Will my father have gone to Bali tomorrow?
2) Am/Are/Is + Subject + be + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Am I going to have read story tomorrow?
Are they going to have played football next week?
1) Subject + Will/Shall + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will have stayed here tonight
My father will have gone to Bali tomorrow
2) Subject + am/are/is + going to + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am going to have read story tomorrow
They are going to have played football next week
Negative Statement
1) Subject + Will/Shall not + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will not have stayed here tonight
My father will not have gone to Bali tomorrow
2) Subject + am/are/is not going to + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am not going to have read story tomorrow
They are not going to have played football next week
Interrogative Statement
1) Will/Shall + Subject + have + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Will Andy have stayed here tonight?
Will my father have gone to Bali tomorrow?
2) Am/Are/Is + Subject + be + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Am I going to have read story tomorrow?
Are they going to have played football next week?
Form of Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Positive Statement
Subject + Will/Shall + have + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will have been staying here tonight
My father will have been going to Bali tomorrow
Negative Statement
Subject + Will/Shall not + have + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will not have been staying here tonight
My father will not have been going to Bali tomorrow
Interrogative Statement
Will/Shall + Subject + have + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Will Andy have been staying here tonight?
Will my father have been going to Bali tomorrow?
Subject + Will/Shall + have + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will have been staying here tonight
My father will have been going to Bali tomorrow
Negative Statement
Subject + Will/Shall not + have + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy will not have been staying here tonight
My father will not have been going to Bali tomorrow
Interrogative Statement
Will/Shall + Subject + have + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Will Andy have been staying here tonight?
Will my father have been going to Bali tomorrow?
QUIZ: Multiple choices
QUIZ: Matching
PAST TENSES
Form of Simple Past Tense
Positive Statement
1) Subject + Verb 2 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy stayed here last night
My father went to Bali yesterday
2) Subject + was/were + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
He was the student of this school
We were the best team at that tournament
Negative Statement
1) Subject + did not + Verb 1 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy didn not stay here last night
My father did not go to Bali yesterday
2) Subject + was/were not + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
He was not the student of this school
We were not the best team at that tournament
1) Did + Subject + Verb 1 + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Did Andy stay here tonight?
Did my father go to Bali tomorrow?
2) Was/Were + Subject + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Was he the student of this school?
Were we the best team at that tournament?
Form of Past Continuous Tense
Positive Statement
Subject + Was/Were + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy was staying here last night
My father was going to Bali yesterday
Negative Statement
Subject + Was/Were not + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy was not staying here last night
My father was not going to Bali yesterday
Was/Were + Subject + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Was Andy staying here tonight?
Was my father going to Bali tomorrow?
Form of Past Perfect Tense
Positive Statement
1) Subject + had + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy had stayed here last night
My father had gone to Bali yesterday
2) Subject + had + been + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
He had been the student of this school
We had been the best team at that tournament
Negative Statement
1) Subject + had not + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy had not stayed here last night
My father had not gone to Bali yesterday
2) Subject + had not + been + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
He had not been the student of this school
We had not been the best team at that tournament
1) Had + Subject + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Had Andy stayed here tonight?
Had my father gone to Bali tomorrow?
2) Had + Subject + been + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Had he been the student of this school?
Had we been the best team at that tournament?
Form of Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Positive Statement
Subject + had + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy had been staying here last night
My father had been going to Bali yesterday
Negative Statement
Subject + Had not + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
Andy had not been staying here last night
My father had not been going to Bali yesterday
Had + Subject + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Had Andy been staying here tonight?
Had my father been going to Bali tomorrow?
QUIZ: Fill in the blank
QUIZ: Multiple choices
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PRESENT TENSES
The Form of Simple Present Tense
Positive Statement
1) Subject + Verb 1 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I stay here now
My father goes to Bali today
2) Subject + am/are/is + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am a student
He is a doctorThey are workers
Negative Statement
Example:
I do not stay here now
My father does not go to Bali today
2) Subject + am/are/is not + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am not a student
He is not a doctor
They are not workers
Interrogative Statement
1) Do/does + Subject + Verb 1+ The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Do you stay here tonight?
Does my father going to Bali tomorrow?
Example:
Am I a student
Is he a doctor
Are they workers
The Form of Present Continuous Tense
Positive Statement
Subject + am/is/are +Verb-ing+ The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am staying here now
My father is going to Bali today
Negative Statement
1) Subject + am/is/are not + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I am not staying here now
My father is not going to Bali today
Interrogative Statement
Am/is/are + Subject + Verb-ing+ The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Are you staying here tonight?
Is my father going to Bali tomorrow?
The Form of Present Perfect Tense
Positive Statement
1) Subject + have/has + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I have stayed here
My father has gone to Bali this morning
2) Subject + has/have + been + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I have been a student of this school
He has been a doctor
They have been here before we come
Negative Statement
1) Subject + has/have not + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I have not stayed here now
My father has not gone to Bali this morning
2) Subject + has/have not + been + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I have not been a student of this school?
He has not been a doctor of this hospital?
They have not been workers of this company?
Interrogative Statement
1) Has/have + Subject + Verb 3 + The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Have you stayed here?
Has your father gone to Bali tomorrow?
2) Has/have + Subject + been + The Rest of Sentence?
Example:
Have you been a student of this school?
Has he been a doctor of this hospital?
Have they been workers of this company?
The Form of Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Positive Statement
Subject + has/have + been +Verb-ing+ The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I have been staying here for two days
My father has been going to Bali since this morning
Negative Statement
Subject + has/have not + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I have not been staying here
My father has not been going to Bali
Interrogative Statement
Has/have + Subject + been + Verb-ing+ The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Have you been staying here?
Has my father been going to Bali?
Subject + has/have + been +Verb-ing+ The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I have been staying here for two days
My father has been going to Bali since this morning
Negative Statement
Subject + has/have not + been + Verb-ing + The Rest of Sentence
Example:
I have not been staying here
My father has not been going to Bali
Interrogative Statement
Has/have + Subject + been + Verb-ing+ The Rest of Sentence + ?
Example:
Have you been staying here?
Has my father been going to Bali?
List of Verbs
For a large list of verbs, click here for our "big verbs list".
What would happen if we didn't have verbs? Not much at all. Verbs are perhaps the most important part of speech in the English language. You can't do or be anything unless a verb lets you. Verbs are everywhere, and it's about time you got to know them with this list of verbs of many types.
Action verbs tell about something a person, animal, force of nature or thing can do or be. Can you cry, march, rinse, or turn? Can the wind blow or a cup fall? Yes, those are all actions. Use this list to think of other action verbs.
| add allow bake bang call chase damage |
drop end escape fasten fix gather grab |
hang hug imagine itch jog jump kick |
knit land lock march mix name notice |
obey open pass promise question reach rinse |
scatter stay talk turn untie use vanish |
visit walk work yawn yell zip zoom |
Verbs also use special rules for telling when something happened - in the past, the present, or the future. Here is a list of examples for each verb tense using the verb break. Try putting other verbs in the place of break.
Present tense – I/you/we/they break, he/she/it breaks
Past Tense – I/you/he/she/it/we/they broke
Future Tense - I/you/he/she/it/we/they will break
Present Perfect Tense – I/you/he/she/it/we/they have broken
Past Perfect Tense – I/you/he/she/it/we/they had broken
Future Perfect Tense – I/you/he/she/it/we/they will have broken
Being Verbs tell about something in a state of being. A noun or pronoun does not always take action. Sometime, it just is. For that purpose, you use a being verb. Here are the being verbs in all the past, present, and future tenses.
Present tense - I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, they are
Past Tense - I was, you were, he/she/it, was, we were, they were
Future Tense - I will be, you will be, he/she/it will be, we will be, they will be
Present Perfect Tense - I have been, you have been, he/she/it has been, we have been, they have been
Past Perfect Tense -I had been, you had been, he/she/it had been, we had been, they had been
Future Perfect Tense - I will have been, you will have been, he/she/it will have been, we will have been, they will have been
Helping verbs do not stand alone or express action. They are part of verb phrases that "help" the main verb. Helping verbs define the tense (past, present, future) or change the meaning of the main verb. Consider these examples:
Do you need a tissue?
We are helping the third-grade class.
Hank might have been driving the wrong way.
This list has commonly-used helping verbs:
| may might must be |
being been am are |
is was were do |
does did should could |
would have had has |
will can shall |
Linking verbs do not show action. Instead, they connect nouns and pronouns to other information in the sentence. Here are some examples:
My sister is smart.
The picture appeared blurry.
Your supper smells delicious.
The most common linking verbs are listed here:
| am are are being appear |
be become feel get grow |
have/has been is lie look might be |
might have been prove remain seem sit |
smell sound stay taste turn were |
Irregular Verbs are verbs that don't follow the rules for changing tense. The best way to understand irregular verbs is to practice and memorize them.
Here are some common examples shown in the present/past/past participle:
The dog wants to bite me.
The dog bit me.
The dog has bitten me.
My arm hurts.
I hurt my arm yesterday.
I have hurt my arm before.
bite/bit/bitten
choose/chose/chosen
eat/ate/eaten
fall/fell/fallen
hurt/hurt/hurt
go/went/gone
lay/laid/laid
ring/rang/rung
send/sent/sent
teach/taught/taught
write/wrote/written
Sources: http://www.momswhothink.com/
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