:: Perfect Form
The perfect form is the verb tense used to indicate a completed, or “perfected,” action or condition. Verbs can appear in any one of three perfect tenses: present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect.
Verbs in the perfect form use a form of “have” or “had” + the past participle. (It [...]
Auxiliary or helping verbs are verbs that are used to help form verb phrases but cannot do so independently. There are four basic auxiliary verb groups:
To Be
To Have
Modal Auxiliaries
To Do
:: To Be
This auxiliary verb is used in the progressive tenses and passive voice:
Progressive Tense:
You are kicking.
You were kicking.
You have been kicking.
Passive Voice:
You [...]
What are Verbs?
The verb is king in English. The shortest sentence contains a verb. You can make a one-word sentence with a verb, for example: “Stop!” You cannot make a one-word sentence with any other type of word.Verbs are sometimes described as “action words”. This is partly true. Many verbs give [...]
Grammar Terms Definitions
Active Voice
In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action (eg They killed the President). See also Passive Voice.
Adjective
A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.
Adverb
A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb.
Article
The “indefinite” articles are [...]
[DATE, ex. Wednesday, June 11, 1998]
[NAME, Bank AND ADDRESS, ex.
John Smith
XYZ Bank
1234 First Street
Suite 567
Anycity, Anystate 85245]
Dear [NAME, ex. John Smith],
You are hereby authorized and directed to debit our account no. [ACCOUNT NUMBER, ex. 12345678] in the amount of [AMOUNT OF DEBIT, ex. $8,236.09] in payment of [NATURE OF DEBIT, ex. your [...]
Đừng viết địa chỉ của bạn nếu bạn sử dụng giấy có in sẵn địa chỉ người gửi.
Nếu bạn viết địa chỉ của chính bạn, bạn chỉ cho những thông tin như: số nhà, phố, mã vùng, địa phương, đất nước, số điện thoại. (Đừng ghi tên bạn ở đây, trong tiếng Anh [...]
1 Định nghĩa: Mạo từ là từ dùng trước danh từ và cho biết danh từ ấy đề cập đến một đối tượng xác định hay không xác định.
Chúng ta dùng “the” khi danh từ chỉ đối tượng được cả người nói lẫn người nghe biết rõ đối tượng [...]
1. A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb.
Example:
I ran into my teacher at the movies last night. run + into = meet
He ran away when he was 15. run + away = leave home
2. Some phrasal verbs are intransitive. An [...]
The three principal parts of verbs are the present tense, the past tense, and the past participle. (The present participle or “-ing” form is sometimes considered a fourth principal tense.)
:: Present Tense
Present tense indicates an action in the present:
Now the class begins.
She walks to class.
:: Past Tense
Past tense indicates an action that occurred in [...]
