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Regular verbs form by adding e or ed

to the infinitive: walk+e+d=walked answer+e+d=answered We pronounce: -ed as T for the voiceless sound ( last sound of the verb in the infinitive); asked, cooked, danced, helped. -ed as D for the voiced sound; answered, arrived, cleaned, died, rained. -ed as ID for the verbs ended in T or D; arrested, counted, decided, flooded. But: try-i+e+d=tried stay+e+d=stayed stop+p+e+d=stopped

Irregular verbs - (almost 400) have three


different forms (a base form, a past simple and a past participle form)
Be-was/were-been Bite-bit-bitten Blow-blew-blown

Auxiliary verbs - be, have, do are


used together with a main verb to give grammatical information and therefore add extra meaning to a sentence. They are used to form the passive voice, the present simple, continuous, perfect tenses.
Ex: The eggs are delivered fresh from the farm. Do you like pop music? She is cooking now. Where have you been?

Modal verbs can/could, must, may/might


shall/should, will/would do not take "-s" in the third person:
He can speak Chinese. She should be here by 9:00.

we use "not" to make modal verbs negative, even in Simple Present and Simple Past.
He should not be late. They might not come to the party.

many modal verbs cannot be used in the past tenses or the future tenses.
He will can go with us. Not Correct She musted study very hard. Not Correct

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