Intermediate English Grammar Step by Step

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1  Some verbs, such as burn, dream, dwell, etc., have both regular and irregular forms. However, the irregular ones are more common in British English, and in American English, the regular ones (-ed).

2  Hang is regular when it means "to kill someone with a rope around his or her neck": hanged.

3  Lie is regular when it means "not to tell the truth": lied (simple past and past participle).

4  In British English, the simple past and past participle is generally lit. Lighted is normally used before nouns: a lighted cigarette.

5  Quitted is used mainly in British English.

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    Contents

1.  The verb "to be" (the key)

2.  The modal verbs "can" and "may" (the key)

3.  The verb "have" (the key)

4.  Have to, must, need not, cannot and should (the key)

5.  The simple present and the present continuous or progressive (the key)

6.  The simple past and the past continuous or progressive (the key)

7.  The present perfect simple, the simple past, the present perfect continuous (or progressive), the past perfect simple and the past perfect continuous (or progressive) (the key)

8.  The "be going to" form, the present continuous and the future simple (the key)

9.  Irregular verbs

10.  Conditional sentences (the key)