็Hello sir.
How is the weather there?
I don't know.... the blinds in the window of my room are closed. I can't see outside. What's it like where you are ?
Oh! It rains here.
I can hear it now ! It is raining.
Yes sir.
The 'verb' is 'rain', but it can also be a 'noun'. I might say:- "It is raining. The rain is falling".
The first 'raining' is a verb (a 'doing' word) and the second 'rain' is a noun (a naming word).
'Rain' can be a verb or a noun !
Ok! Thankyou.
No problem. I'm sorry if you already know some of the things I send you, but it might help to confirm what you know in which case it helps anyway.
Verbs (doing words) take 3 main forms depending on the 'tense' : past, present and future.
You don't ever bother me haha.
If is has already 'rained' this is the past tense.
If it is currently 'raining' then we say "it is raining" and 'is raining' is the present or current tense.
And if it is going to rain, we say "it will rain later" or "it is going to rain later".
rained-raining-will rain
The rain has stopped.
just now.
So in the sentence 'the rain has stopped' - 'rain' is now a 'noun' (naming the rain).
And 'stopped' is the past tense of the verb 'to stop'.
stopped-stopping-will stop
The rain has stopped-the rain is stopping-the rain will stop
All the lights have just gone off and then came back on again.... And there is thunder around... A storm is brewing....
gone-going-will go
came-coming-will come
brewed-brewing-will brew
'is' is also a verb - it is the verb 'to be', we might say "There was thunder earlier" or "There is thunder around now" or "There will be thunder later"....
was-is-will be (past-present-future of 'to be')
Ok! Thank you for Subject. I will try to learn it.
Each 'verb' in the English language will have these 3 forms and sometimes they are 'regular'. This means that we can add 'ing' or 'ed' to them to change their form.
For example, a regular verb is 'rain' because we can change it to rained or raining.
But 'go' is an 'irregular' verb because we don't say 'goed'....
We say 'went' for the past tense.
A lot of common English verbs are 'irregular' - you just need to learn them as you come across them.
Yes sir.
This is an excellent website: www.thefreedictionary.com
spell
www.thefreedictionary.com
Notice that 'spell' is both 'regular' and 'irregular', we can simply change it to :-
spelled-spelling-will spell
but it can also be 'spelt' :-
spelt-spelling-will spell
Oh! Wonderful.
'spelt' and 'spelled' are both the past tense - I think over time 'spelt' will disappear and the verb will become 'regular'
This website is REALLY good and you can learn a lot on your own by looking at it. There are online tests too:- http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar
English Grammar | LearnEnglish | British Council |
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Ok.sir
Here is a game to help test yourself with irregular verbs:- http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/irregular-verbs
English Grammar | LearnEnglish | British Council | irregular verbs
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I'm impressed.
And I"ll Try too.
I think it is worth trying it. You may not understand it all, but you can choose what to look up and what to ignore.
all rigth
You do not bore me please.