English Phonetics

English Phonetics

English phonetics is unique and interesting due to several factors: vowel system, consonant clusters, intonation and spelling, historical changes, rhoticity, influence other languages...

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Verbs are divided into two main groups based on how they form their past tense and past participle:   Regular verbs: These verbs form their past tense and past participle by adding -ed to the base form of the verb. For example: walk becomes walked in the past tense and past participle.

What is a Verb?

What is a Verb?

A verb is one of the nine parts of speech in the English grammar. It is a type of word that typically expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being. Verbs are essential in constructing sentences, as they indicate the relationship between the subject and the predicate of a sentence. In addition, verbs often undergo inflection to indicate tense, aspect, mood, or agreement with the subject.