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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!
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Verbs |
be, have, do, work |
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Nouns |
man, town, music |
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Adjectives |
a, the, 69, big |
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Adverbs |
loudly, well, often |
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Pronouns |
you, ours, some |
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Prepositions |
at, in, on, from |
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Conjunctions |
and, but, though |
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Interjections |
ah, dear, er, um |
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Hot Links
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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Verbs not Used with Continuous Tenses
We usually use the following verbs with simple tenses only
(not continuous tenses):
- hate, like, love, need, prefer, want, wish
- believe, imagine, know, mean, realize, recognize, remember,
suppose, understand
- belong, concern, consist, contain, depend, involve, matter,
need, owe, own, possess
- appear, resemble, seem,
- hear, see
Here are some examples:
| I want a coffee. |
not I am wanting a coffee. |
| I don't believe you are right. |
not I am not believing you are right. |
| Does this pen belong to you? |
not Is this pen belonging to you? |
| It seemed wrong. |
not It was seeming wrong. |
| I don't hear anything. |
not I am not hearing anything. |
Notice that we often use can + see/hear:
- I can see someone in the distance. (not I am seeing
someone in the distance.)
- I can't hear you very well. (not I am not hearing you
very well.)
| EnglishClub.com Tip |
| With verbs that we don't
use in the continuous tense, there is no real action or activity. Compare "to
hear" and "to listen". "To hear" means "to receive sound in your ears". There
is no real action or activity by you. We use "to hear" with simple tenses only.
But "to listen" means "to try to hear". You make an effort to hear. There is a
kind of action or activity. We can use "to listen" with simple or
continuous tenses. |
Verbs with Two Meanings
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