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Practical English Grammar


regular verb tenses


Most regular verbs form their past tense by adding -ed to the present-tense
form of the verb. Examples of this include walked, talked, and recalled.
If a regular verb ends in ‘‘e,’’ as in bathe or wave, simply add ‘‘d’’ to form
the past tense.

In addition to the present (expresses action that is occurring now) tense,
as in, ‘‘We remember that story,’’ and the past (expresses action that has
already happened) tense, as in, ‘‘We remembered that story,’’ there are
other verb tenses that you should know. Following are definitions and some
examples of these additional verb tenses:
Present Perfect: expresses action that was completed at some other time, or
action that started in the past and continues now. Add has or have to the past
participle form of the verb to make the present perfect.
I have climbed that small mountain every weekend since last April.
Past Perfect: expresses action that happened before another past action.
Add had to the past participle form of the verb.
We had walked up that hill before they did.
Future: expresses action that will happen in the future.
I will walk with you on Tuesday.
Future Perfect: expresses action that will be completed by a given time in
the future. Add shall have or will have to the past participle.
I will have walked to school by then.

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Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. compound subjects part two
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2. Quotation Marks Part Three
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3. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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4. complete and simple subjects
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. the adjective clause
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7. the indirect object
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8. irregular verbs part two
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9. Commas Part Two
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10. Commas Part Four
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11. compound subjects part one
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12. what good writers do
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13. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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14. the noun adjective pronoun question
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15. The nominative case
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16. The Colon
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17. Second Capitalization List
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18. subject verb agreement situations
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19. the interjection
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20. the object of the preposition
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21. types of nouns
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22. reflexive demonstrative and interrogative pronouns
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23. the adverb
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24. Active and passive voices
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25. Sound a like words Part Two
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26. Commas Part Three
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27. The Apostrophe
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28. Quotation Marks Part Two
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29. First Capitalization List
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30. subject and verb agreement
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31. the correlative conjunction
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32. the subordinating conjunction
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33. introducing phrases
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34. the prepositional phrase
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35. the adjective phrase
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36. the noun clause
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37. Confusing usage words part one
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38. Confusing usage words part two
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39. Confusing usage words part five
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40. Quotation Marks Part One
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41. indefinite pronouns
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42. complex sentences
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43. pronouns and their antecedents
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44. the preposition
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45. complete and simple predicates
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46. the verb phrase
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47. the pronoun
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48. the adverb phrase
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49. the appositive
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50. the participle and participial phrase
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