Grammar Reference
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Parts of Speech
| Topic | Definition | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Noun | Naming word — person, place, thing, idea | Ahmed, Karachi, car, love |
| Pronoun | Replaces a noun | he, she, it, they, mine |
| Verb | Action or state | run, write, is, seem |
| Adjective | Describes a noun | big, honest, blue |
| Adverb | Describes a verb/adjective | quickly, very, well |
| Article | a / an / the | a book, an hour, the sun |
| Preposition | Position & relation | in, on, at, between |
| Conjunction | Joins words & clauses | and, but, because |
Tenses at a Glance
| Tense | Form | Use | Signal words | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present Simple | subject + verb(-s) | habits, facts | always, every day | She works daily. |
| Present Continuous | am/is/are + -ing | happening now | now, at the moment | She is working now. |
| Present Perfect | have/has + 3rd form | past with result now | just, already, yet | She has finished. |
| Past Simple | verb + -ed / irregular | finished past actions | yesterday, last week | She worked yesterday. |
| Past Continuous | was/were + -ing | in progress in the past | while, when | She was working at 9. |
| Future (will / going to) | will + verb | decisions & predictions | tomorrow, next year | She will work tomorrow. |
Irregular Verbs (Top 27)
| Base | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| be | was/were | been |
| begin | began | begun |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| come | came | come |
| do | did | done |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| find | found | found |
| get | got | got/gotten |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| have | had | had |
| know | knew | known |
| make | made | made |
| read | read | read |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| understand | understood | understood |
| write | wrote | written |