How do you pronounce 'stopped'? Many students say 'stop-id' instead of 'stopt'. I also explain about longer phrases like 'from time to time'. This page shows you how to use them with the present tense and where to put them in the sentence. This is an explanation of how we sometimes need to change the spelling of a verb with 'he, she, it' in the present simple, for example why 'cry' becomes 'cries' but 'play' is 'plays'.Īdverbs of Frequency are words like 'often' 'sometimes' 'never'. This is a list of all the grammar exercises on this site, about verb tenses and other things. This is a printable PDF of all the verb tenses and how to form them. Here are a few more things you might find useful: How to choose: Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous?.How to choose: Present Simple or Present Continuous?.How to choose: Present Perfect or Past Simple?.How to choose: Future with 'will' or future with 'be going to'?.Download all my explanations of the tenses in PDF here. A lot of students find the English tenses quite difficult, but I promise they're not that bad! Have a look at all my explanations of the 'form' (how to make the tense) and the 'use' (when we need to choose that tense) below.ĭownload all my infographics about the tenses in PDF here.