Learn English Grammar : Main Verb

Main Verb

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Definition of Main Verbs -- The type of verb that has the meaning in the word itself. Without main verbs in a sentence, we would not know about the meaning of the sentence.

Example of Main Verbs

-- John walks across the street. (You wouldn't know the meaning of the sentence without the word "walks")
-- Marry runs so fast. (Likewise, you wouldn't know the meaning of the sentence without the word "walks"

Must know about Main Verbs

• Main verb is sometimes called "lexical verbs."
• There are many forms of verbs depending on the tense.
  -- John walks across the street. -- Present Simple Tense
  -- I saw John walked across the street yesterday -- Past Simple tense
  -- I will walk across this street again tomorrow -- Future Simple tense
• Verb is also used differently in active voice and passive voice form.
  -- I kick John -- Active voice
  -- I am kicked by John -- Passive voice

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Learn English Grammar : Verb

Verbs

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What is Verb?-- It is a word that explain the action of subjects. For example, a man walks across the street. The word walk describes the action of a man(subject).

How many types of Verb? -- It can be basically divided into two groups

-- Main Verbs
-- Helping Verbs

Must know about Verbs
-- Every sentence requires at least one verb.
-- You can't put two verbs next to each other in one simple sentence.

I want go to school -- WRONG
I want to go to school -- RIGHT

There are many more to say about English Grammar Verb such as irregular verb, gerund etc. More to come...

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Learn English Grammar : Noun

Noun

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What is Noun?-- A Name refers to person, animal, object or place.

How many types of Noun? -- It can be basically divided into two groups below.

• Countable Noun -- Table, Cat, Dog
• Uncountable Noun -- Sugar, Water, Attitude ..

Must know about Nouns

• Use a/ an to describe only one noun
• The following characters can tell you that the word is a noun
  XX ness -- emptiness
  XX ity -- capacity
  XX tion -- duration
  XX ence -- confidence
  XX sion -- mission
• Use apostrophe ('s) for making the posessive noun.
  John's dog -- The dog belongs to John
• Use s' for making plural possessive noun that end with s or es
  Boys' dog -- The dog belong to the boys
• Use 's for making plural possessive noun that do not end with s or es
  People's right -- The right of people

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English Grammar : Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

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Structure of Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Subject + had + been + V ing + (object)

When do we use Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Similar to Past Perfect Tense, it is used when there are two situations happened in the past. Using "Past Perfect Continuous Tense" with the situation that happened first and using Past Simple Tense with another situation.

However, Past Perfect Continuous Tense is used to highlight the first actions more than Past Perfect Tense or to give the feeling that the first action is happened for quite a long time.

John told me that he had been waiting for Marry for 2 hours.

Must know about Past Perfect Continuous Tenses

-- This tense is most used with teh verb "wait". Otherwise, it's not popular anymore.