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English grammar

1. irregular verbs
2. question forms
3. verb phrases
4. present tense
5. past tense
6. perfective aspect
7. continuous aspect
8. active and passive voice
9. to + infinitive
10. -ing forms
11. talking about the present
12. talking about the past
13. talking about the future
14. verbs in time clauses and if clauses
15. wishes and hypotheses
16. the verb be
17. link verbs
18. delexical verbs like have, take, make and give
19. Modal verbs
20. double object verbs
21. phrasal verbs
22. reflexive and ergative verbs
23. verbs followed by to + infinitive
24. verbs followed by -ing clauses
25. verbs followed by that clause
Verbs in English have four basic parts:

Base form -ing form Past tense Past participle

work working worked worked

play playing played played

listen listening listened listened

Most verbs have past tense and past participle in –ed (worked, played, listened). But
many of the most frequent verbs are irregular.

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