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Present Tense

The form of a verb that expresses actions or states happening in the present.

Regular Verbs

Verbs that follow a predictable pattern when conjugated in the present tense.

Irregular Verbs

Verbs that do not follow a predictable pattern when conjugated in the present tense.

Negative Sentences

Sentences that express the absence or denial of an action or state in the present tense.

Interrogative Sentences

Sentences that ask questions and seek information in the present tense.

Present Continuous Tense

The form of a verb that expresses actions or states happening at the present moment.

Present Perfect Tense

The form of a verb that expresses actions or states completed in the past but with a connection to the present.

Present Perfect Continuous Tense

The form of a verb that expresses actions or states that started in the past, continue in the present, and may continue into the future.

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

The difference between using the present simple tense and the present continuous tense to describe actions or states in the present.

Present Simple vs Present Perfect

The difference between using the present simple tense and the present perfect tense to describe completed actions or states with a connection to the present.

Present Continuous vs Present Perfect Continuous

The difference between using the present continuous tense and the present perfect continuous tense to describe ongoing actions or states in the present.

Present Tense in Passive Voice

The use of the present tense in sentences where the subject receives the action rather than performing it.

Present Tense in Reported Speech

The use of the present tense when reporting someone's words or thoughts in the past.

Present Tense in Conditional Sentences

The use of the present tense to express conditions or hypothetical situations.

Present Tense in Subjunctive Mood

The use of the present tense to express desires, recommendations, or hypothetical situations.

Conjugation

The process of changing a verb to agree with the subject in terms of person, number, and tense.

First Person Singular

The form of a verb used when the subject is the speaker or writer in the present tense.

Second Person Singular

The form of a verb used when the subject is the person being spoken to or written to in the present tense.

Third Person Singular

The form of a verb used when the subject is a singular noun or pronoun other than the speaker or the person being spoken to or written to in the present tense.

First Person Plural

The form of a verb used when the subject is a group of people including the speaker or writer in the present tense.

Second Person Plural

The form of a verb used when the subject is a group of people being spoken to or written to in the present tense.

Third Person Plural

The form of a verb used when the subject is a plural noun or pronoun other than the speaker or the person being spoken to or written to in the present tense.

To Be

The verb used to indicate existence, identity, or possession in the present tense.

To Have

The verb used to indicate possession or ownership in the present tense.

To Do

The verb used to form questions, negatives, and emphatic statements in the present tense.

To Go

The verb used to indicate movement or travel in the present tense.

To Come

The verb used to indicate movement towards the speaker or the place where the speaker is in the present tense.

To See

The verb used to perceive with the eyes or to understand in the present tense.

To Hear

The verb used to perceive with the ears or to be told in the present tense.

To Feel

The verb used to experience a physical or emotional sensation in the present tense.

To Want

The verb used to express a desire or a wish in the present tense.

To Need

The verb used to express a necessity or a requirement in the present tense.

To Like

The verb used to express a preference or a positive feeling towards something or someone in the present tense.

To Love

The verb used to express a deep affection or a strong liking towards something or someone in the present tense.

To Hate

The verb used to express a strong dislike or a feeling of aversion towards something or someone in the present tense.

To Know

The verb used to have information or awareness about something or someone in the present tense.

To Understand

The verb used to comprehend or grasp the meaning of something in the present tense.

To Think

The verb used to have a particular opinion, belief, or idea in the present tense.

To Believe

The verb used to accept something as true or to have faith in something in the present tense.

To Remember

The verb used to recall or bring back to mind something from the past in the present tense.

To Forget

The verb used to fail to remember or to be unable to recall something in the present tense.