There are three basic kinds of verbs plus many subclasses. Here we cover only the three basic types. Initially, verbs are divided into main verbs and auxiliary verbs. Then auxiliary verbs are divided ...

Most learners of English get to know soon enough that a verb is a word that describes an action, condition or experience, but not many are able to confidently distinguish main verbs from auxiliary ...

Imagine trying to speak without expressing possibility, permission,or necessity; it would be like painting without colour. That’s were the modal verb step in. These special helping verbs—can, could, ...

The present perfect has two parts - the main verb and the auxiliary verb. He has stopped breathing. She has gone for her ...

Two years after asking the very instructive the questions about auxiliary and linking verbs that this column answered last week, South Africa-based Forum member Spelling asked if it was true that ...