This book considers the basics of English verbs and tenses, including a summary of the different tenses; auxiliaries; questions and negatives; passive; conditionals; phrasal verbs; infinitive; participles; reported speech; subjunctive; common verbs and their phrasal verbs; irregular verbs.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Basics
• 1.1 What is a verb?
• 1.2 Kinds of verb
• 1.3 Sentences
• 1.4 Transitive and intransitive verbs
• 1.5 Regular and irregular verbs
• 1.6 Linking verbs
• 1.7 Phrases and clauses
• 1.8 Structure of sentences
• 1.9 Agreement
• 2. Tenses
• 2.1 Present simple tense
• 2.2 Present continuous tense
• 2.3 Past simple tense
• 2.4 Present perfect tense
• 2.5 Present perfect continuous tense
• 2.6 Past continuous tense
• 2.7 Past perfect tense
• 2.8 Past perfect continuous tense
• 2.9 The future
• 2.10 Summary of tenses
• 3. Auxiliary verbs
• 3.1 The basics
• 3.2 Auxiliary verb be
• 3.3 Auxiliary verb do
• 3.4 Auxiliary verb have
• 3.5 Modal verbs
• 3.6 May, might, can and could
• 3.7 Must/mustn't
• 3.8 Have (got) to
• 3.9 Should/shouldn't
• 3.10 Ought to
• 3.11 Shall and will
• 3.12 Would
• 4. Questions
• 4.1 The basics
• 4.2 Closed questions
• 4.3 Open questions
• 4.4 Question tags
• 5. Negatives
• 5.1 The basics
• 5.2 Negative short forms
• 5.3 Negative questions
• 6. The passive
• 7. Conditionals
• 7.1 The basics
• 7.2 The first conditional
• 7.3 The second conditional
• 7.4 The third conditional
• 7.5 Other notes on conditionals
• 8. Phrasal verbs
• 8.1. The basics
• 8.2 Different kinds of phrasal verb
• 9. The imperative
• 9.1 The basics
• 9.2 The use of imperatives
• 9.3 Other notes on imperatives
• 10. The infinitive
• 10.1 The basics
• 10.2 Uses of the infinitive with to
• 10.3 Uses of the infinitive without to
• 10.4 Other uses of the infinitive
• 10.5 Split infinitives
• 11. Participles
• 11.1 The -ing form (present participle)
• 11.2 The past participle
• 11.3 Participle phrases
• 12. Reported speech
• 12.1 The basics
• 12.2 Tense changes
• 12.3 Other changes from direct to reported speech
• 12.4 Reported questions
• 12.5 Imperatives in reported speech
• 13. Other kinds of verb
• 13.1 Reflexive verbs
• 13.2 Reciprocal verbs
• 13.3 Ergative verbs
• 13.4 The subjunctive
• 14. Useful verbs
• 14.1 Be
• 14.2 Break
• 14.3 Bring
• 14.4 Call
• 14.5 Can and could
• 14.6 Carry
• 14.7 Come
• 14.8 Cut
• 14.9 Dare
• 14.10 Do
• 14.11 Draw
• 14.12 Fall
• 14.13 Get
• 14.14 Give
• 14.15 Go
• 14.16 Have
• 14.17 Hold
• 14.18 Keep
• 14.19 Know
• 14.20 Let
• 14.21 Look
• 14.22 Make
• 14.23 May and might
• 14.24 Must
• 14.25 Need
• 14.26 Ought to
• 14.27 Pass
• 14.28 Pick
• 14.29 Pull
• 14.30 Push
• 14.31 Put
• 14.32 Run
• 14.33 Say
• 14.34 See
• 14.35 Send
• 14.36 Set
• 14.37 Shall
• 14.38 Should
• 14.39 Show
• 14.40 Stand
• 14.41 Stick
• 14.42 Stop
• 14.43 Take
• 14.44 Tell
• 14.45 Think
• 14.46 Throw
• 14.47 Turn
• 14.48 Use
• 14.49 Want
• 14.50 Will
• 14.51 Work
• 14.52 Would
• 14.53 Write
• 15. Irregular verbs