Parts of Speech (abbreviated to PoS and sometimes called Word Classes) are the different categories of English words which all work in the same grammatical way: nouns, verbs, prepositions and so on.
This section has articles on all the different parts of speech.
We use Perfect Tenses to talk about a finished action, often in relation to another action. This action can occur at any time in the past, present or future. 3 Perfect Tenses There are three perfect tenses in English: Past Perfect This is used to talk about a completed action […]
What is the past form of pay? This often causes problems for students. The verb pay means to give money to someone and it is usually an irregular verb. I pay $15 each month for my internet connection. Last month I paid $15 for my internet connection. I have paid […]
The Past Tense is used – as you can probably guess – to talk about the past. There are several different verb forms we can use to talk about the past. This article briefly explains them and links to fuller articles on each. Past Simple The Past Simple is used […]
The past simple verb form is used to talk about events in the past; it’s often used to tell a story. He walked into the room and looked around. There was a knock on the door. He opened it and saw… I woke up. I got out of bed. I […]
The past perfect simple is used to talk about events which happened in the past before another event also in the past. It is mainly used thus: I had walked for about twenty minutes before I realized I’d left my wallet behind. It’s usually followed by the past simple. In […]