No matter how long you’ve been speaking English, no matter how hard you’ve worked to perfect your grammar, some past tense verbs can stump you. For example, the day after you decide to grin and bear ...

I'm a lamp guy. I love lamps. They serve a functional purpose and provide beauty in a room. So when I see a great lamp at an antique store or at an upscale garage sale, you'd better believe I'm going ...

Present continuous and 'going to' Verb patterns The present perfect with ‘ever’ and ‘never’ The present perfect with 'for' and 'since' Comparatives and superlatives The present perfect with 'just', ...

A suffix is a letter or group of letters that goes on the end of a word and changes its meaning. Adding the suffix -ing to the end of a noun can change it into a verb. Narrator: I've told you, fur ...

Sometimes you know a word has two forms, but you 're not sure which one is appropriate to use in the situation at hand. This happens a lot with verbs, where past-tense forms can compete for acceptance ...

A verb is an action word or a state of being. There are four major tenses in English – simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. This lesson suits intermediate learners. (Note: This is not a ...

This article is reposted from the old WordPress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. The blog is on holiday until the start of October, when I’ll return with fresh material. For decades, ...