Future Continuous
The future continuous tense, also known as the future progressive tense, is used to describe actions or events that will be happening at a specific time in the future. It is formed using the auxiliary verb will followed by the present participle of the main verb (which is typically formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb). I will be eating breakfast at 7:00 AM. (The speaker will be in the process of eating breakfast at 7:00 AM in the future.) She will be writing a letter at 3:00 PM. (The speaker will be in the [...]
Past Continuous
The Past Continuous tense, also known as the past progressive tense, is used to describe actions or events that were happening at a specific time in the past. It is formed using the auxiliary verb be (in the past tense) followed by the present participle of the main verb (which is typically formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb). I was eating breakfast when the phone rang. (The speaker was in the process of eating breakfast at a specific time in the past when the phone rang.) She was writing a letter when I saw [...]
Present Continuous
The Present Continuous tense, also known as the Present Progressive tense, is used to describe actions or events that are happening at the present moment or are in progress. It is formed using the auxiliary verb be (in the present tense) followed by the present participle of the main verb (which is typically formed by adding -ing to the base form of the verb). I am eating breakfast. (The speaker is in the process of eating breakfast at the present moment.) She is writing a letter. (The speaker is in the process of writing a letter at the present [...]
Future Indefinite in the Past
The Future Indefinite in the Past describes an action that was future from the point of view of the past. NOTE: In the past, this tense was commonly used by grammarians in tense classification of the English language. However, this tense is no longer used in Modern English and has been replaced by other tenses and verb forms. Despite this change, the tense form remains an important part of the history of the English language and continues to be studied by linguists and language enthusiasts. Formation of the Future Indefinite #1. The Future Indefinite in the [...]
Future Indefinite
In English grammar, the future indefinite tense, also known as the simple future tense, is used to describe an action or event that will happen in the future. It is formed using the auxiliary verbs shall and will followed by the base form of the verb. For example: I will finish my homework tonight. (The speaker will complete their homework at some point in the future.) We will have a meeting tomorrow. (The speaker and a group of people will have a meeting at some point in the future.) Here are some more examples of sentences in the future [...]
Past Indefinite
The past indefinite tense, also known as the simple past tense, is a verb tense that is used to describe actions or events that occurred in the past and have been completed. It is used to describe past habits, past facts, or past generalizations. The past indefinite tense is formed by adding -ed to regular verbs or by using the second form of irregular verbs. For example: I walked to the store. (regular verb) She ate a sandwich. (irregular verb) In each of these examples, the verb "walked" and "ate" are in the past indefinite tense because they describe [...]
Modal Verb ‘Must’
The verb must has only one form. The expressions to have to and to be obliged to, which have the same meaning, can be used to supply the missing tense forms of the verb must. And now I must go back to my social duties. (Voynich) I felt that I had to have the air. (De la Roche) Baring, because of the type of work in which he was engaged, had been obliged to forego making friends. (Wilson) Must expresses obligation, necessity, an urgent command or prohibition, and a supposition bordering on assurance. 'Must' expressing Obligation & [...]
Modal Verb ‘May’
The verb may has two forms: may for the Present Tense and might for the Past Tense. The expressions to be allowed and to be permitted, which have the same meaning, can be used to supply the missing forms of the verb may. “May I come along?” asked Karen. (Heym) Jolyor thought he might not have the chance of saying it after. (Galsworthy) You are to stay in bed until you are allowed to get up. (Du Maurier) May expresses permission, uncertainty, possibility, reproach. Modal Verb 'May' expressing Permission “May I use your phone?” (Heym) At any rate [...]
Modal Verb ‘Can’
The Modal Verb can has two forms: can for the Present Tens and could for the Past Tense; The expression to be able which has the same meaning can be used to supply the missing forms of the verb can. “I can’t explain it,” said Therese. “I can’t explain anything I did today.” (Heym) He jumped as high as ever he could. (Galsworthy) How weakened she was I had not been able to imagine until I saw her at the railway station in Chinkiatig. (Buck) Can expresses ability or capability, possibility, incredulity or doubt, astonishment. Modal Verb [...]
Modal Verbs
Modal verbs are used to show the speaker’s attitude toward the action or state indicated by the infinitive, i. e. they show that the action indicated by the infinitive is considered as possible, impossible, probable, improbable, obligatory, necessary, advisable, doubtful or uncertain, etc. The modal verbs are: can (could), may (might), must, should & ought, shall, will, would, need, dare, to be + Infinitive, have+ Infinitive. Modal verbs are called defective because all of them (except dare and need) lack verbals and analytical forms (i. e. compound tenses, analytical forms of the Subjunctive Mood, the Passive Voice). Besides they [...]