Give, Gave, Given: What’s the Past Tense of Give?
March 9, 2023
Give is the present simple, gave is the past simple, and given is the past participle form of the verb. Read more to learn what
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When to Use ‘A’ or ‘An’ (What’s an Article?)
March 8, 2023
When to use a/an is determined by sound. Use ‘a’ when the noun starts with a consonant. Use ‘an’ when the noun begins with a
What is the Present Tense? (Forms of the Present Tense)
March 8, 2023
Want to make tense, sense? The present tense has 4 main forms: the present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. Learn more
What is the Past Tense? (Forms of the Past Tense)
March 8, 2023
The past tense is divided into 4 groups, all of which depict an action as occuring at a point or period of time in the
What is Subject Verb Agreement?
March 8, 2023
Subject verb agreement is what it says: a verb and subject must agree in count/number. When the subject is singular, the verb follows and is
What is a Sentence? (4 Types of Sentences)
March 8, 2023
Sentences are groups of words that communicate a complete thought, and contain a subject and a predicate.
Is it Swore or Sworn? What’s the Past Tense of Swear?
March 7, 2023
Swore is the simple past tense, whereas sworn is the past participle form of the present tense verb, swear.
What’s the Past Tense of Spring? Spring, Sprang, Sprung?
March 7, 2023
‘She sprang out of bed’, is the past tense. ‘She’d sprung out of bed and scraped her knee when she hit the floor,’ uses the
Showed or Shown? What’s the Past Tense of Show?
March 7, 2023
Show has three verb conjugations altogether: show, showed, and shown/showed (depending on UK/American English). Shown is the past participle of show.