Yesterday’s lesson explained that we can make a present tense verb into future tense by using the helping verb will. Present tense: I run.Future tense: I will run. By adding the helping verb will, we push the action into the… Read more67. Other Ways to Show Future Tense

We learned that present progressive tense and past progressive tense both use verbs with an –ing ending. Present progressive: I am working. You are working. She is working.Past progressive: I was working. You were working. She was working. Progressive tense… Read more64. Helping Verb or Linking Verb?

Past progressive verb tense is also called past continuous. This tense shows ongoing action that happened in the past. Past progressive tense uses helping verbs was or were and adds –ing to the main verb. Present progressive tense: I am… Read more63. Verb Tense – Past Progressive

In yesterday’s lesson, we learned that past tense verbs usually add –ed. Today I walk. Yesterday I walked. Irregular past tense verbs do not follow that rule. Irregular verbs completely change their form. Look at these examples:Today I eat. Yesterday… Read more62. Irregular Past Tense Verbs

The verb tense present progressive is also called present continuous. This present tense shows ongoing action that is happening right now. Present progressive tense uses the helping verb is, am or are.Present progressive tense also adds –ing to the end… Read more58. Verb Tense – Present Progressive/Continuous

The word tense is connected to the word time. A verb tense shows us when in time something is happening. Verbs in the present simple tense show that something is happening right now – in the present. I eat. I… Read more57. Verb Tense – Present Simple

Last week we talked about action verbs. Action verbs sometimes transfer action to a direct object. An action verb that transfers action is called a transitive verb. Ate is an action word. In this sentence, ate is a transitive verb.Bob… Read more54. Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Yesterday, we learned that a linking verb can connect a subject to a predicate noun. A predicate noun finishes a thought by renaming the subject. Mom is. This sentence is incomplete. Add a predicate noun to rename the subject and… Read more53. Linking Verbs and Predicate Adjectives

Linking verbs show existence. Most linking verbs are forms of the verb to be. I like to call linking verbs “equals” verbs, because the words on either side of the verb “equal” each other. The linking verb connects the subject… Read more52. Linking Verbs and Predicate Nouns