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What is Grammar?
English Grammar Terms
The 8 English Parts of
Speech These are the words that you use to make a sentence.
There are only
8 types of word - and the most
important is the Verb!
Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
Nouns |
man, town, music |
Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Verbs
Passive voice
Modal verbs
Conditionals
Questions
Irregular
verbs
Going to
Gerunds
Phrasal Verbs
Tenses
Nouns
(Un) Countable nouns
Adjectives
Articles
Pronouns
Preposition List
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Grammar Quizzes
Parts of Speech Quiz
Verb Classification Quiz
Main Verb Forms Quiz
Active or Passive Quiz
Subjunctive Quiz
Future Time Quiz
Continuous Tense Verb
Quiz
Used to do or Be used to
Quiz
Have to,
Must, Must not Quiz
Can, Could, Be able
to Quiz
Questions Quiz
Tag Questions
Quiz
Infinitive or
-ing Quiz
Gerunds Quiz
Phrasal Verbs
Quiz
Conditionals Quiz
For or Since Quiz
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
Simple
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Simple
Questions
Comparative
Adjectives
Superlative
Adjectives
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Future Time
The future is uncertain. We know the past. We know the present. We
do not know the future. We can be 100% sure or certain about the past and the
present. But we can never be 100% certain about the future. In English there
are several structures and tenses to talk about the future. It is usually the
degree of certainty about the future that decides our choice of structure or
tense.
In this lesson we look at four of the most common ways to talk
about the future, followed by a quiz to check your understanding:
EnglishClub.com Tip |
Although we often talk
about "future tenses", technically there are no future tenses in
Englishonly different ways of talking about the future, using special
constructions, other tenses or modal verbs. |
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