In a sentence, the verb describes the main action or state of the subject. Different types of verbs have different functions: A sentence is built up from words. Sometimes words are grouped together in ...

English has no stative verbs, so some sentences cannot really be translated word-for-word. (File photo). Photo: Stuff / Stuff David Karena-Holmes is a Nelson-based writer and tutor of grammar in te ...

Categorise verbs according to their process type. These goats like to "herd" their verbs into categories to keep them in order. Use your knowledge of doing, saying, sensing, thinking, feeling and ...

This article is reposted from the old WordPress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. The blog is on holiday until the start of October, when I’ll return with fresh material. For decades, ...

The present tense describes an event which is currently taking place, regularly takes place or a state that currently exists. To put a verb into the present tense, an understanding of the different ...